The silence that followed Varion’s heavy words sat like a stone in my chest. I didn’t know what to say, what to ask next, or whether I even wanted to know more. My head was still spinning with the word Seers and Shades, like some ominous bell tolling in the back of my skull. And then Jax, bless his infuriatingly unserious heart, clapped his hands together, startling me.
“Alright, enough doom and gloom,” he said, leaning back in his chair like he hadn’t just been sitting through a conversation about ancient shadow-creatures who apparently had their eyes glued on me.
“We need to set the mood back to positive. And I know just the thing.”
Varion gave him a long, flat look that screamed Don’t you dare. Jax smirked at him, ignoring the warning entirely.
“Tell her about the festival.”
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