Chapter 4Cassandra and Greg had been set to take Aiden to their apartment, but Aiden convinced them to let him go back to his own instead. Greg gave him an old phone to use until he could get a new one, and Cassandra promised to make him a new amulet and take on his workload until he felt ready to come back.
Neither of them had wanted to leave him by himself.
It was incredibly kind of them, and Aiden hoped he’d been able to let them know how much he appreciated it, how touched he was by their friendship and concern. But even if he slept on the couch, Tanner’s room would be right there, full of his things and his secrets, and all the good memories Aiden had of him, and Aiden knew he wouldn’t be able to stand it. Not with what he remembered from the clearing and how badly it conflicted wit
