Chapter 159

Elodie’s POV

Kiernan’s voice rolled through the room like someone had pushed open a door at the wrong moment.

Every single one of us turned toward him. Vespera nearly dropped the paintbrush she had been twirling, and I jerked so hard that my stool scraped loudly against the floor.

He stood there at the entrance, his eyes moving from Vespera’s bright red face to the chocolates on the table, and fi