Chapter Thirty-Nine

**Maeva**

I leaned back against Zane’s shoulder, sitting on our bench in the garden. It was spring now, and I would graduate next month. I was reading a book and Zane strummed lazily on his guitar.

We’d both been accepted to the University of Oregon to start in the fall. Zane would study business, as stipulated by Rylan, but also working on a minor in music. I had chosen a science degree, centrali