She might even be deemed insane by some, if it became bad enough.
And that wouldnotbode well for what was left of the Thorntier family.
No wonder they don’t want this getting out,I thought.
As Margo reached forward totouchmy dress next, I gently grabbed her hand out of the air and held itinmy own. Drawing her attention to me, I smiled softly.
“You have a lovely gift, Margo. But I fear our worldisn’tready to handle it,” I said gently as I retrieved her glove from the floor.
“When will it?”sheasked, her big brown eyes peering into my mismatched ones.
“You’ll know when it’s time. I promise.”
Touching her skin as little as possible, I helped secure her glove over her hand once again. Not seeming to quite understand the gravity of her reality, she smiled up at me.
The gap in her toothy smile was slowly leveling out as a new tooth grew in.
Unable to help myself, I leaned over and placed a soft kiss on the top of her head, affection for the young female overflowing within me.
And as Margo turned back to face her siblings, I caught Teagan’s and Byn’s eyes as I made the motion of sealing my lips shut and tossing out the key.
Chapter Thirty-Two
Aseries of faint noises coaxed me from my fitful sleep. Even while asleep, I couldn’t rest—especially after the extremely long day we’d had.
As thenoisescontinued, I came to accept that it might be a long night, too.
Giving up on trying to ignore the sounds, I sat up in the too cold bed, my handimmediatelyreaching for Byn. My eyes flew open a second later, though, when my hand only met empty space.
Blinking twice as my vision adjusted to the darkness of the room, I swiveled my head toward the source of the noise at last.
Standing between the door and its frame, his bare back to me, stood Byn.He was rubbing one of his eyes, and his frame gave away just how exhausted he was, too. It seemed like whoever he was whispering with haddropped byunexpectedly, since Byn looked as thoughhe’djust rolled out of bed and was wearing only a low-lying pair of sleep trousers.
Curiosity getting the best of me, I slipped silently out of bed—taking the blanket with me—and crept up behind him, wanting to know who stood on the other side of the door.
Standing on the tips of my toes, I looked over Byn’s shoulder to peer right at Rayven.
“Hey,Rayven,” I said with a small yawn. I moved back a step as Byn nearly jumped out of his skin, not having noticed I was up.
“Stars, Avi, you scared me.”He clutchedhis chest, then turned back to his friend and lightly scolded him. “I told you not to wake her.”
It was then that I noticed just how distraught the spy looked. His curly hair was unruly, as thoughhe’dbeen tossing and turning in bed all night before visiting us. Desperation played on his face, and Icouldn’thelp the way my brow furrowed when I realized he was fully dressed, too.I’dnever seen Rayven so disheveled.
“My apologies, it’s just—”
“Whatcan we do?” I cut Rayven off, stepping forward with the blanketclutchedaround me.
Byn and Rayven shared a quick look before my husbandsaid,“Rayven… his family lives on this Isle.He’sconsidering going to visit before we leave, but he might be too late—we need to leave in a mere hour or two. The sun will be up soon.”
“There’s more to it than that, isn’t there?” I tilted my head, peering up at Rayven.
He nodded.
The spy simply didn’t want to face his troubles alone this time.
“It’s just that…”Byn began speaking with Rayven again, but I turned back toward the room and quickly rushed to the bagswe’dbrought on our journey.
In a matter of almost no time at all, I’d dropped the blanket along with my sleep attire anddonned an entirely new outfit.I threw on a more casual outfit, as Ididn’tknow whatI’dbe walking into. The soft cotton top was a combination of different green shades, ranging from sage to deep forest green—like Byn’s eyes. On top of the shirt was a brown under-bust corset with a pattern of suns on it. My trousers were asubtlebrown color, and they were light enough to not make meimmediatelysweat. I laced up a pairofmy boots, ran a gloved hand through my bangs and hair, and rushed back to the bedroom door.
