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.

anything," I said. "But if

deeply, her brows furrowing. "I hate that I have to do

the matter. "I know,"I replied softly, "and like I said, you don't have to

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

said with a reluctant sigh. "I'll do it. But only for

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, hoping for the

the perfume 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 she wouldn't

a few moments later when she

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

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

with a mixture of surprise and relief. "The

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

don't appear entirely human, but you don't appear like a werewolf either. It should be good enough for a party in the

breath she had apparently been holding. "Cool," she said, taking the vial of perfume from my hands and slipping it into her pocket. "I guess can

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