Synthia’s POV
As we walked out after the meeting with Eugenie, I found an excited teenager waiting for me outside the room. I smiled at Darla as she made a beeline towards me.
“Oh! What took you so long? I had been waiting here like forever!” she exclaimed dramatically.
“We had some important matters to discuss. Now leave all that. Tell me, how come you are alone here? Where is your bodyguard?” I asked her.
She gave a mischievous smile and leaned towards me.
“When I heard that you were here, I told him that I was ill and wanted to sleep it off. Then I sneaked out of my bedroom window,” she said in a conspiratorial tone.
I burst out laughing at her explanation. That was a classic idea, and it was funny that Damien fell for it.
“Good thing that you are witches because it would never
