Chapter FourIt was midnight when Calix finally finished eating, and one in the morning when he insisted on walking her back to the inn. They laughed as they walked. She told him stories about her stuffy co-workers. He told her stories about spending summers getting into trouble with Theo and Theo’s older brother.
“We were all wild back then. Not bad wild, but we kept our parents hopping. Theo was the instigator.”
Lena laughed. “Were you surprised when your troublemaking cousin grew up and became a Sheriff?”
Calix shook his head. “No. After Theo’s brother left Magic and disappeared, nothing was ever the same. I think we all grew up after that. Theo decided the law was his life. I decided I wanted to see the world. I used the military to do it.”
“Did you get to do it? See the world, I me
