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“Well, I’m guessing you didn’t do a very good job, since you are one,” Philip says with a sneer.
I flip him the middle finger, and he laughs.
Jules traces his fingertips along my knuckles. “Do you …? Do you have things that tie you there? To the Common Realm, I mean.”
I shrug. “I have a job that I’ll get fired from if I don’t show up on Monday, and an apartment full of stuff.” Sadly, that’s about it. The only other thing I had of importance in the Common Realm was Legend and now he’s here.
“What about people?”
“What about them?”
“Do you have anyone who …?” He huffs in frustration. “Do you have anyone who ties you to the realm?”
I scratch my forehead with my free hand. “What do you mean by tie? Like, friends?”
Philip lets out a dramatic groan. “Oh, my God, little wolf, will you please put your poor prince out of his misery and tell him if you have a lover back in the Common Realm?”
Jules blushes. Actually freakin’ blushes. It’s seriously the most adorable thing I’ve ever seen.
That thought lasts only a whopping two seconds before I realize what Philip said.
“Why would it matter if I had a lover?” I ask, blushing myself.
Philip starts to smile. “Because—”
“It doesn’t,” Jules cuts him off. “I’m just trying to figure out why you would want to go back.” He extends his hand toward my temple and grazes his finger along my birthmark. “I know you don’t remember this place, but the Midnight Realm is your home, Elo—Lake.” He molds his palm around my cheek. “And the Violet Mountain pack is your family.”
I resist the urge to lean into his touch, no matter how much my body desperately wants to. “If that’s the case, then how did I end up in the Common Realm?”
“I don’t know.” The pad of his thumb skims my cheekbone. “But we’ll find out. I promise we will. Just like I promise we’ll figure out who really killed your parents.”
I want to believe him. I really do. But … “If you haven’t found who killed them already, why do you think you can now?”
He offers me the most genuine smile. “Because we have you now.”
“But I can’t remember anything.”
“You can’t now, but there are a lot of creatures here in this realm who are excellent at retrieving lost memories.”
I momentarily forget how to breathe. “So, you’re saying I might be able to remember …everything?”
He nods. “That’s exactly what I’m saying.”
It seems like I should be excited, yet a heavy sense of dread crushes down on my chest. I can’t understand where the feeling is stemming from since I’ve wanted to remember from the moment I forgot. But an uneasiness is stirring inside me, a restless warning that what’s hidden in the darkest parts of my mind might be better left hidden.
CHAPTER10
After Jules declares that we’re going to find a way to retrieve my lost memories, he strikes a deal with Philip: let me go and leave me alone, and in exchange, he’ll get to the bottom of what happened the day my parents were killed.
“Once we get Lake to remember, we should have enough proof to get your family released,” he tells Philip. “And hopefully, we’ll be able to bring some justice for Elle and Breeze.”
“Who’s Breeze?” I ask, my brain already aching with information overload.
Jules and Philip look at me in pity.
Great. Glad to see that also happens in this realm.
“Breeze was your father’s shortened name,” Jules explains, giving my hand a squeeze.
