Chapter 40: Preparation

Priscilla’s POV

Wyatt and I hadn’t had a moment alone since the meeting in the library yesterday. That was fine. There were more important things than getting quality time with him. But I was overwhelmed. I needed to decompress but haven’t had time for it.

Claude returned from Rome with Ciccio’s journal which was written in code. Eva and I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to figure out what he meant. Wyatt was with Astrid and Rowan gathering an offering worthy of a Goddess.

A Goddess that had now destroyed five more small towns in the span of twelve hours. Part of me wondered if she needed to recharge, but if she did, then it was nothing like how I needed to.

I hadn’t eaten or slept. My anxiety felt like it was crushing my chest. I could feel how stressed Wyatt was even if he never showed it. I wanted to rub his shoulders to release some of that stress that sat so heavily on him, but I couldn’t.