No, No, No, No, No!
Evelynn sprinted through the forest as fast as she could, branches whipping against her arms while panic clawed through her. How could she have been so stupid? How could she mess up?! And literally trip on top of it.
Just moments ago, she had been sitting beneath the large oak tree near the lake, reading her book while waiting. It had been eight long, lonely years since Midas and Leo left for training, and despite all that time, part of her still waited for them every day like some hopeless girl trapped inside a fairytale.
Evelynn knew she had changed since they last saw her. She wasn’t the scrawny sixteen-year-old girl from before. At twenty-three, her body softened into womanly curves she still didn’t fully know what to do with.
Would Leo notice? The thought a
