LILITH

The next morning, Dean’s ringing of the doorbell woke me from sleep.

He’d come to drop off breakfast, and insisted I eat it while it was still hot.

To make sure of that, he stayed—sitting there with that patient expression of his—watching until I finished every bite before heading off to Raven Tower.

After that whole ordeal, I was wide awake, with no chance of going back to bed, so I decided to start unpacking and organizing my spoils instead.

As I did, I couldn’t help thinking of the things I’d left behind at the Caldwell Mansion.

At first, I’d considered asking Uncle Theo to mail them over. But...