I stepped into him and let him put his arms around me. It felt right in a way I had never felt before.
Like Sy was home.
Ash placed his hand on my back. I twisted and kissed him quickly.
My mouth opened to utter the three words that sat on my tongue, but something stopped me. Maybe it was the look in his eyes that told me he felt the same.
Maybe it was because he was leaving.
But I stayed silent.
“A few days,” I repeated.
The words felt thin in the air between us.
Even then, it felt like a lie.
Chapter 36
Dev
I crushed the missive in my fist.
It didn’t matter. The words were already burned into my mind.
And now I had to tell Elliot.
I found him in his office looking over a stack of papers.
“Dev,” he said, nodding.
“Elliot, I got a message from my father today.” I handed it over. “Read it.”
I watched him skim through the pages.
His eyebrows lifted slightly. That was all — but it was enough. Elliot understood exactly what this meant.
Elliot leaned back in his seat, looking up from his papers. “How did he know where you were?”
“I set up a PO box years ago. Elliot… he’s been recruited to the Council of Light. Dominic Lightwood picked him himself.”
“Why would Ian tell you this?”
“Because he wants me to come home to run the Redgrave Publishing House for him.”
Elliot narrowed his eyes. “Are you serious?”
“Deadly.”
Elliot read the document again, then closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, a strange film clouded his eyes.
I could only watch awkwardly as Elliot’s power reached forward, tracing the paths of possibility.
“So?” I said finally.
“You need to go. Take Sable.”
