KADE

My conversation with Lucian left me more rattled than I’d like to admit, and he was too distracted by his thoughts to notice.

When he dropped me off at the library, he promised to go straight home and take a nap after I convinced him that he needed to rest, but I could tell that, like me, he wouldn’t be able to sleep well anytime soon.

I could only hope that I had been able to convince him to stop thinking about the possibility of Ella infiltrating his thoughts.

I walked into the library and glanced around as I made my way to the front desk, silently thanking my...