Twenty four.

Aria’s POV

The last comment threw Elijah completely. It was not what he was expecting me to say.

“You shifted at the Moon Ball? Did you know about this?”Elijah turns to look at Simon who is holding his hands up and shaking his head.

“Aria, you could have just killed him!” Simon almost yells

I shake my head at him.

“That’s the thing, I couldn’t. I was so weak, so exhausted from the shift that I could do nothing.”

Elijah reaches out across the desk, taking my hand in his and glaring at Simon.

“First shift is always the hardest. If I remember correctly Simon, you wept like a baby!”

Simon looks everywhere around the room, but at either of us. Though I could barely take my eyes off Elijah’s. Combined with the electric sparks of his touch, it was almost like I forgot that Simon was in the room.

“Do you feel better now? Got something off your mind?” Elijah asks, the smile remaining in place as he stands.

I nod my head at him and he leads us out of the office, down the stairs and out