The woods

In her absence, I stood trying to tell if that was a truce talk or an actual threat. 

But then she said Ethan hadn't given in to her sexual demands ever, this was a shock to me. It meant he didn't use some magic shield to prevent me from feeling the pain of betraying our bond, he just never did it.

I smiled and exhaled at the same time, rolling my eyes like one who has won a lottery.

My phone rang and it was my secretary from the office. It was then it occurred to me that everything had been happening within the same realm–Chris and I. His office, my office, our love life, F*ck! how could I have forgotten? How could I have been so careless? 

I hadn't been to the office and I never left a word nor did I use magic to work on their minds to top it up, Ethan had murdered Chris, and I will be held accountable for his disappearance, a scandal was coming, I had to do something, immediately.