MAX’S APARTMENT
“She was here,” Max said tossing the couch away.
“You need to calm down, Max.” Helen gently held him by the shoulder.
“Don’t tell me to calm down.” In his rage, Max kicked against the couch.
He’s certain that Jasmine was here. Perhaps she was looking for him. The exact location the scry pinpointed was the alley two blocks away from Max’s apartment. Perhaps after checking on Max, she headed out and that was when Helen performed the scrying.
He blames himself for arguing with Meliae instead of figuring out how to find Jasmine.
“You know we can’t stay here. It’s not safe for us to stay here.”
“I’m not going anywhere until she returns.”
Max walks to the kitchen with a pathetic and devastating look on his face. The stoves were still warm. No one could have used the stov
