Standing on the balcony, I waited for my call to go through. One ring. Two rings.
“Hello?” His voice came through, slightly groggy, followed by the sound of him clearing his throat. “Elodie?”
I smiled to myself, leaning on the railing as my eyes roamed the glowing city below. “Hey, Silas. How are you doing?”
“Uh…” He cleared his throat again, and I heard a faint shuffle on his end. “I’m fine. Still at the coast, enjoying the sea and some much-needed ‘me time.’ You?”
Biting my lip, I thought about how to phrase things without sounding like an ass. “I’m… good,” I said, glancing over my shoulder at the reason I wasn’t on the coast.
Valerian sprawled across the bed, lying on his stomach like he didn’t have a care in the world.
“Hey, I wanted to say I’m sorry. I know I promised to come to
