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.

I said. "But if you want to come to the

frowned deeply, her brows furrowing. "I hate that I have to do this," she muttered

empathize with her feelings, but there was little choice in the matter. "I know,"I replied softly,

seeing both of us there," she said with

glancing between us, and then finally nodded. "Fine," she said with a reluctant sigh. "I'll do

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

might not work on Lori. The scent of her humanity still lingered in my nostrils, and I worried that we would have to come up with another plan-or that

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

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

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

with a mixture of surprise and relief.

Jessica, her expression a mixture of surprise

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

"Cool," she said, taking the vial of perfume from my hands and slipping it into her

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