e came from the doo

per would do to me if she realized that I was still stalling. I glanced this way and

" I yelled, my voice shak

after a while. I released a sigh, amazed at how u

y to the zipper at my back, grazing my sk

t a second too long, travelling from my back to my shoulder before tra

my mouth parted to start shooting ques

roze at the door. Then

s shoulder for a brief moment and

enly came back on and I flinched, glancing at the door, the partially visible ima

g was going when it had barely even started when I noticed a glint on the floor

tied to the key suspending a small sheet of paper. Turning the paper over, m

Piper Pearson, or end

until it fell off my hand, my knees buckling an

this mean, and who dr

ifferent kinds of people dressed in elaborate regalia moved about, mingling with each other. I stoo

d smile that didn't quite reach her eyes just as a figure walked into the r

Willi

ra appear like a joke, his face a perfect arrangement of sharp features in the right

r's eyes were on Ivy

one hand, a faint smile tugging at his lips. "You look lovely." Reaching f

of it made my

nger simmered just beneath the surface, irrespective

the room shifted drastically. I turned to the door to meet the ga

as h

e strode into the room like he owned the place, and the air around him exuded calm confidence, stopping nearly everyone in their tracks. His sharp,

ssed like men in black, the only difference being their silver long ties that shimmered

learly annoyed and uneasy. "Ethan, it

hind his neck, I could tell that he di

meet mine, a flicker of something I failed to compreh

his voice calm, crisp and colle

arm, where a faint scratch peeked out from under his cuff. "I need

my ribs hard as every face

is not good, my mind

rm tightened so hard that I f