Book 2: Chapter 16

Osiris POV

I find myself standing back outside of the Wolf's Den bar. I don't know what keeps bringing me back to this place, but it feels like home. It is after hours, but I know that Celeste is probably still inside cleaning up.

Making my way around the back, I slip in through the service entrance. As I walk out from the back, Celeste stands with her hand on her hip and a glass of bourbon in the other. Her fiery red hair is falling out of its messy bun, and the wrinkles beside her eyes are more pronounced. Working nights at the bar has taken a toll on her, and I wish that she would take me up on my offer to quit this place and join my colony. But she insists that she is a loner.

"I knew you would be back," she says as she places the glass on the bar and continues wiping down the tables.

"How did you know?" I groan before drinking the glass of bourbon all in one go.

Pointing to her temple, Celeste doesn't answer.

"If you know so much, just tell me what I am supposed