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.

for her. "I'm not making you do anything," I said. "But if

deeply, her brows furrowing. "I hate that I

"I know,"I replied softly, "and like I said, you don't have to do

had been standing nearby, suddenly chimed in. "Lori, I'm sure Nina is really looking forward to seeing both of us there," she

us, and then finally nodded. "Fine," she said with a reluctant

the perfume bottle. I sprayed a fine mist over Lori, watching as it settled on her skin. We waited in tense silence, hoping for the best,

lingered in my nostrils, and I worried that we would have to come up with another plan-or that she wouldn't be able

a few moments later when she still smelled distinctly

under her breath. "These racist werewolves are a bunch of jerks," she muttered. "I shouldn't have to wear fancy magic perfume to go to

something. Lori's human scent was fading, slowly but surely, I had to really concentrate to

surprise and relief. "The perfume

between me and Jessica, her expression a mixture of surprise and relief." Really?" she asked, as

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

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

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