Chapter 827

Did Yara tag along with Jace just to make sure she could crash here?

"I want the cream soup silky smooth. Oh, and remove the onions from the food after cooking-I like the taste, but I'm not eating them. And maybe-"I started listing my demands when Yara spun around, raising an eyebrow at me. "Wow. Jace really spoiled you, huh?" she said, shaking her head. "You're so picky."

She wasn't done. "And FYI, I'm not your personal chef. Don't want onions? Pick 'em out yourself." With that, she waltzed into the kitchen.

Clearly, she was hinting at something, so I decided to follow-casually, of course. On the inside? I was dying to sprint. But if she was playing it cool, so would I.

By the time I got to the kitchen, she was already prepping the ingredients, her knife skills surprisingly pro-level.

"Impressive," I said.

"It's called independence," she said, hitting me with a mini lecture. "Just because someone spoils you doesn't mean you can't handle yourself." Okay, point taken.

But even though I wasn't as skilled in the kitchen as she was, I was perfectly capable of being independent.

"Fair enough. Guess I should help out. Wouldn't want to feel guilty eating all this," I said, rolling up my sleeves and starting to rinse the veggies.

fan and running water made for

urn, didn't you? Where's the stuff Hayden left inside?" I asked, keeping,

creepy thing?" she replied with

to barge in any second.

exactly the way Hayden gave it to me. I handed it over untouched. If I'm lying, may I be

wasn't lying. There was no way

was all so... extra. Hayden had given me rings before he disappeared, and now another one

his deal with rings? Couldn't the guy just give a

got you so worked up

a ring in it," I muttered, half annoyed. "He made it feel like

snorted. "A ring in an urn? Only he could come up with something

thought out loud. "If it wasn't you, then what was he

me see," she said, eyeing my

urn-this one was from Hayden, after his "death" but

had already smashed the urn, so the ring wouldn't have been

can just make

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