I haven’t heard from Clifford for the whole month. I wonder if he’s fine. I don’t have anything else but his words when he told me he’ll survive every mission for me.
And now, here I am, in front of a dinner table with the Blacks. I never felt the need to come here but because I don’t want Mom to keep nagging me about it, I came. Anyway, I’m sure Sage isn’t here.
Chadrick, though, is happy to grace us his annoying presence. Why is he always here? Even Porter, who is known to be the most decent among them all, doesn’t come to gatherings like this.
“Hello, Julia! I haven’t seen you at the auction last month!” Hera Dunn told me in her signature black dress.
I smiled weakly. “I was kind of busy that night,” I replied.
She smiled back. “You look so beautiful today. You’re glowing,” she
