Countdown to Regret

"Tessa, it's been a while. How have you gotten even more entertaining since the last time I saw you?"

Elora's gaze was openly amused. Then something seemed to occur to her. "Where's Caleb, by the way? I don't see him anywhere."

She probably shouldn't have asked.

Something unreadable flickered through Tessa's eyes at the mention of Caleb, but it disappeared fast. She lifted her chin, and a visible