#Chapter 65: Day Off

Elara

I spent most of the next morning in my pajamas, moving from the bed to the couch and back again like a broken record. The coffee table was littered with cold mugs of half-finished tea and stacks of abandoned paperwork that I’d half-heartedly tried to work on before giving up.

My day off wasn’t exactly comforting. It felt more like a punishment than a reprieve.

Around noon, my phone buzzed, b