Mariam’s POV
I arrived home after the sun had set and bid Leander farewell with a friendly kiss on the cheek. When he drove away and left the property, I looked up at Anthony’s bedroom window, but the lights were off, and he didn’t seem to be home yet.
I sighed.
Artemis couldn’t sense him nearby either, and she was deeply saddened by everything that had happened that day.
I was walking toward the house when I got the fright of my life.
“They aren’t just my imagination. You really have started replacing me,” Anthony said as he stepped out of the shadows surrounding him. “I saw everything, Mariam. Your date at the hotel and how much fun you had. I see he even brought you home.”
I got over the initial shock while wondering why Artemis hadn’t sensed him. It was usually the case that I wo
