“I’m sorry to bother you.” I make a pained face. “But I need to know where Silas is.”
“Quite a fight you two had, I heard.”
“He told you?” I question.
“I don't know the details?—”
“Oh, I’m sure,” I interrupt, sarcasm lacing my tone.
“—because I didn’t ask.” His brows rise as he continues. “He came to tell me where he was headed, and I put the pieces together from there.”
“Fantastic,” I huff, annoyed that I have to ask him for help.
“Why are you here?” Larkin asks.
“What?” The abruptness catches me off guard.
“You know where he is,” he snaps. “So, why did you come to my room?”
I look back at Maines and Oak and think for a moment.
Our arrival—the house on the cliff. He mentioned moving out at some point.
“He’s at the small house that sits upon the cliff. I’ll call it a hunch, but I assume he’s there.” I angle my head and look at Larkin. “Right?”
He slowly nods. “That is where Silas resides when he is not at the castle.”
“So?” I add.
“So what?” Larkin’s voice grows more impatient by the second.
“Do you think he’s there?” I push. “You are the last one that spoke to him.”
“Yes,” he sighs. “I would assume that is where he went.”
Another thing that Silas didn’t mention—a completely different house where he lives. I caught him staring at it as the ship was docking, and from the longing look on his face, I knew that house meant something to him.
“I want you two to shift there and check on him,” I add, looking at Maines and Oak.
“What?” Maines snaps. “No.”
“You aren’t coming with us?” Oak angles his head.
“Not yet. I want you to go and talk to him. What I said was horrible, and even though he said so, I don’t think he’s ready tosee me just yet.” I smile, assuring them that it’s fine to leave me. “Go tell him I’m okay, and I will meet you all really soon.”
“I’m not sure…” Maines starts, but I cut her off.
“I’m fine. Please go talk to him.”
“Well… if you say so.” Oak looks unsure. “He’s going to be pissed at us for leaving you here alone.”
“Well, good. Maybe he’ll be mad at you two and not me by the time I get there.”
Oak and Maines swap anxious looks.
Maines steps forward. “Promise me you won’t be long. I’ll be left out once those two get together.”
I snort. “Promise. Please check on him. He listens to you.”
