Chapter 437. Skylarking

Raina’s POV

No reply.

Even after I set my phone down on the table and checked my messages time and again, Valen had not responded. How could he expect me not to worry?

There was a gaping hole in my chest, being so far from him. Thinking about him made waves of aching longing spread throughout my body.

“Why can’t we figure out how to power the sword up?” Azara asked in frustration, sitting around the table in the basement, snapping me out of my reverie.

Her hand paused, her fingers crimping the musty pages of the books. She reached for the tray in the center of the table and picked up a slice of Grams’ well-liked batch of red velvet cheesecake brownies to munch on.

“Keep going, I’m sure we’ll find something,” I encouraged her kindly, peering down into m