Chapter 66: Bastian Returns

Eleonore’s POV

It’s been a few days since the incident at the boys’ home, and since then, I hadn’t seen or heard the news of Rhett or Hayden. Mason and Logan would come by the library some days to check in and make sure everything was alright but other than that. I didn’t even hear a whisper of anything strange.

That is until Bastian came knocking on my door early one Saturday morning.

“Hey,” he greeted me with a soft greeting and a sheepish smile. He was rubbing the back of his neck in a way that told me he was nervous about being back here.

I hadn’t seen Bastian since the day he had tried that spell on me, courtesy of my own loving aunty, who had expressly forbid his presence near me ever again. We all knew that wouldn’t happen, of course, but it did make Bastian think that he should somehow avoid me for the following weeks after.