Caspian enters the kitchen looking a little better than he had when he arrived. He rummages in the fridge looking for anything he can find to eat as I sit with a cup of warm tea, waiting for Colette to get back.

"How are Hayes and his mate?" He asks as he closes the fridge door.

I shrug. “As good as can be, I suppose we are lucky that Colette and I arrived when we did."

"Did you have as warm of a welcome as I did?" He asks, walking over with a pint of ice cream and a spoon. I arch a brow, watching him with curiosity. "Ice cream?" I ask him skeptically and he just stares at me as he opens it and spoons a bite in.

"There are many things I love about being up here. This is one of those things." He explains as the front door opens. I stand up, waiting anxiously for Colette to walk through, even though I know with every fiber that it is for sure her. But that doesn't matter. There is nothing better than physically being able to have eyes on her.

"We came as fast as we could." She says, a soft exhale when she meets my gaze, her body relaxing as she moves to me as I lift my arms. She melts into me, her embrace feeling like home as I fill my lungs with her scent.

"Are you okay?" Melody asks Caspian as she moves past me.

My lips find the top of Colette's head before I look up to watch Caspian look up from his ice cream with a look of surprise on his face, spoon in his mouth.

“Me?" He asks, removing it and swallowing roughly.

"Yes,"

“Uh, I'm okay. Nothing I couldn't handle." He says, sounding like he is trying to boast. I shoot him an amused look, and he clears his throat. "Elm is here, Colette."

She breaks our embrace too soon, as I slip my arm around her back, seeking her touch at every turn.

“Is he still here? What did he say" She asks, looking around for him.

"He will be back." Caspian says. "Right now, he is with Hayes and Leandra, trying to help them."

"What is wrong with Hayes and Leandra?" Colette breaks in, her eyes wide with concern.

a

apparently torturing her. Lily still has a fragment of a hold on

face grows pale and I can feel her worry through the

She whispers, as if it is a thought

him." I reassure her, though it would be a lie if I said it didn't unsettle me to

and now we know where Lily is and heavens willing, she

says, entering the kitchen with

of surprise right now." I remind him. "With you having

wolves are much easier for her to control and since she has had them under her spell for so long, it is easier for them to give in rather than

a glare. Elms scowls at me as he crosses his arms

when it comes to magic.” "You all were so fucking opposed to a hybrid existing and yet you can maintain this level of magic and power with no one checking in

of Colette's existence, or so everyone keeps saying, but the truth is his own

steps between us, stepping me back away from Elm as she turns

a firm tone. "What matters is defeating Giselle and restoring

Lily is gone, Giselle will panic." Caspian says. "The hold on those

lips press together as I think and look

follow her."

says anything, but their eyes skirting around to each other clues me into their thoughts. They

for Lily

time

closer to the big fight that is inevitable. If releasing Lily can buy us just a few hours, then we need to take what we can

but he seems

better off with her coming to us?" Melody asks. “Isn't the whole plan to make her

to follow her?" Elm asks, arching a

and just allow her to be free. When

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