Chapter 51

CAMILLA

I tried to wait up for Victor. I really did.

The fire had burned low, throwing lazy shadows across the living room, and I’d curled up awkwardly in the armchair facing the fireplace. I told myself I’d close my eyes just for a minute, but exhaustion won out, and the warmth of the fire pulled me under.

I woke to the ghost of a touch.

Cold fingers brushed my arm, and I startled upright, disori