Chapter 43

Keenan’s POV

I refused to look at Raya’s eyes when she said this but instead dismissed her concern as nothing and told her to go to bed early. I knew that for now she would respect my privacy and not question me about my strange behavior again but sometime in the future she would bring it up.

I was somewhat ashamed of myself that I had solicited help from the witch again even though I had done it for her sake. I knew she will understand me perfectly but I was not ready to tell her yet especially as I had given my blood to the witch. What if I had put our plan for revenge in jeopardy by giving the witch my blood.

We discussed a little more about the journey she had just come back from and I filled her in on events here excluding the witch from our discussion. I soon insisted that she had go to bed. It was tempting to prolong our talk for hours but I was sensitive to the fact that she had to be tired out from such a long journey.

Once I bid her goodnigh