CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Duncan and I quickly parted, both of us with a slight touch of embarrassment, and we turned around to find Julien standing a few feet away. His mouth hung slightly open as he gaped at the arm of the pentagram that ran toward Eva’s house.
He shook off his shock and hurried over to us. “What has happened? How did the forest disappear?”
Duncan shook his head. “I wish I could answer your second question. As for your first, a great deal has happened.”
Duncan recounted our night’s many travails, and by the time he had finished, Julien had a look of disbelief on his face. Still, he had a small, teasing smile on his lips as he looked between us. “My goodness, but you have made mademoiselle’s first night here most memorable. Unfortunately, I may make her first dawn eq
