Eventually, whenever this whole thing with the Rose Coven was resolved, I'd be going home to Keene Valley. Ideally, Trent would be going with me. How was I going to explain that I met him in Malibu and he just happened to also be moving to a tiny town in the Adirondack Mountains?
Fear and dread curled around my chest and squeezed. I probably shouldn't be telling Ellie any of this until after I'd talked to Trent first. We needed to come up with something to tell everyone once we got home.
"Chloe?" Ellie said.
"Sorry. Hey, I gotta go," I said abruptly.
"What? You were just getting to the good part. You can't leave me hanging like this." She giggled.
"I know." I rubbed my forehead and cringed. "I'm sorry. I promise I'll call you later, okay?"
"Yeah, okay," she said slowly. "Is everything all right?"