Blurring the Lines

Cora's POV

My eyes stayed on the door.

Magnus had given me an out, and I should have taken it. But for reasons I couldn't make sense of, I couldn't.

Instead, I slipped off my shoes by the sofa and pushed them aside with my foot. Then I started pacing the length of the living room, back and forth, back and forth, waiting for him to finish whatever important call had pulled him away.

With each minut