Lacey
I had to tug at Serene multiple times before I could convince her to push Fin away, hoping that when his touch left, maybe the numbness I was desperately trying to hold onto would return. Once we finally stepped back out of his reach, I felt the magic swirl inside of me—not completely returning, but clearly more comfortable.
His eyes scanned my face searchingly. I felt Serene give him the tiniest of smiles, trying to convince him that we would be okay.
Finally, we were walking out the door, about to retreat to our bedroom, where I could finally be alone for the first time since everything happened. Just as I stepped out of the room into the hallway, I heard air horns blowing and shouting in the distance.
“s**t,” I shouted, taking off down the stairs, racing as fast as I could to
