Chapter 137

XANDER

"Have you noticed something weird about him? Like he doesn't seem like himself?"

Donovan's irritating voice reaches my ear. The urge to throw a dagger at his chest grips me. But I've sworn to not give him the satisfaction of knowing he got on my nerves.

"I wanted to point that out!" Daciana forces enthusiasm in her voice as he spoke.

I was ignoring both of them.

Somehow, Donovan managed to recruit Daciana into his little dumb, irritating army. Created solely to make my life miserable. They've been at this for the past month. The worst month of my life since Adriana's first disappearance when I thought she died.

The scariest part of this was, I had no way to know if she was fine. Or if she was even alive.

The last time this happened. There was something to hold on to. Now she just disappeared into thin air. Quiet literally.

The only help we thought we could get was through those witche