Esmerelda’s POV
As we got back to the hotel room I decided I wanted to be alone for a bit. “Hey, I think I am going to decompress a little bit in my room for a bit. Will you be ok out here by yourself?” I asked Az. I really needed some alone time to work through what I had just seen at the antique store. I am still trying to work through why betrayal was the message. It doesn’t make sense to me right now, and it is driving me crazy.
“No problem. Yeah, I’ll be fine on my own. I’ll probably just head back out and go on a walk and scope out those other antique shops. I can feel a certain magical resonance, I can’t quite name it, on that piece of jewelry. I am going to see if I can possibly recognize the same magical resonance on any other items. If I do, I can bring them back. If not, then
