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Chapter 21

Author: Cataract
last update publish date: 2026-09-07 22:34:03

Scarlett's POV

The air in the bar was thick, not just with the scent of stale alcohol and rain, but with the suffocating pressure of Arlo’s presence. He'd come back, still failing to understand why I wouldn't just use the potion.

He was leaning in now, his heat radiating off him in waves, his amber eyes searching mine for a crack in the armor I had spent weeks forging.

I stared back at him, my heart hammering against my ribs, but my voice remained cold.

"Why do you even care, Arlo?" I asked,
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