Fifty

Scarlett

The following morning, I spent several minutes looking for Mari before I went downstairs for breakfast, but she’d been MIA since she’d met us upon our arrival back into the province yesterday.

I found Eamon tottering along down the hallway during my random wanderings, so I’d opted to keep him company instead, striking up a conversation as we made our way to the kitchen to scrounge up some breakfast.

We ran into Kyle and Zoey along the way, but they both appeared too engrossed in each other to focus on anything else.

I transiently introduced them to Eamon, but I didn’t pester them further, knowing Kyle only had a finite amount of free time at the moment with how busy he’d been as of late working on the serum.

I wasn’t sure either one of them would remember meeting the bear shifter later, but I didn’t think Eamon would mind. I observed the perceptive smile gracing his face as we entered the kitchen, and I forgot about t