Chapter 0631

"Alright," I found myself saying with a stiff nod. "You can stay, if you'd like. No one's forcing you to go."

"Thanks, Enzo." Luke stood, his eyes landing on me one last time. "We're good?"

"We're good."

I watched Luke leave, his words swirling around in my mind. It felt strange, learning things about the realm where I grew up that had never even occurred to me as long as I had lived there.

I felt as though my views on the two worlds were shifting and changing, and for the first time in a long time, I wasn't sure how to feel about it.

I approached Lori with the small bottle of perfume in my hand, trying to hide the reluctance in my eyes. She glanced up at me, scrunching up her nose in a way that made it clear she was not thrilled about this.

"You're not really making me wear that stuff, are you?" she asked, eyeing the bottle suspiciously.

said. "But

"I hate that I have

replied softly, "and like

Nina is really looking forward to seeing both of us there," she said with a gentle smile. "She'd be so disappointed if you

nodded. "Fine," she said

mist over Lori,

might not work on Lori. The scent of her humanity still lingered in

I said a few moments later when she still smelled distinctly human. "I don't

of jerks," she muttered. "I shouldn't have to wear fancy magic

settle in, I noticed something. Lori's human scent was fading, slowly but surely, I

of surprise and relief. "The

mixture of surprise and relief." Really?"

nodded, a smile tugging at the corners of my lips. "You don't appear entirely human, but you don't appear like a werewolf either. It should be good enough for a party in the supernatural realm, where you'll be able to

relaxed, and she let out a breath she had apparently been holding. "Cool," she said, taking the vial of perfume from

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