CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (WAXING CRESCENT)

Chapter 26: An Unexpected Turn of Events

A whole week passed.

During that week, as promised, Mallory joined him two times. It was fun, but she must admit that their time beside the river was the most enjoyable one. She doesn’t need to catch other people looking their way whenever they’re close. Having eyes on them was awkward, so she mostly avoided being with him if there were other people in the vicinity.

He seems to understand it as sometimes he willingly creates distance between them, but whenever she’s alone, he just pops out of nowhere and accompanies her then disappears again to tend to the...