After Mr. Richards' funeral, Sebastian headed to Cloudmere and stayed there for well over a month.
Elaria remained in Caelmoor.
Margaret was still dragging her to blind dates, to the point where Elaria just tuned out completely. Eventually, Mrs. Harmon Sr. snapped at her daughter-in-law to stop - saying if Elaria kept getting set up, she might actually lose her mind.
She hadn't spoken to Sebastian at all during that time, but news of him still made its way to her now and then.
At the beginning of September, Sebastian returned to Caelmoor, and they started running into each other here and there.
That day, Elaria was out for lunch with her mom when they bumped into Liam and his mother.
Seeing Elaria again clearly made Mrs. Collins uncomfortable, while Mrs. Harmon didn't e
