My day hadn’t even fully started, and it was already full of problems.
I leaned my head back against the car seat, listening to Elliot make call after call while I tried to keep my thoughts from spiralling.
‘Told you it was a bad idea to visit the mage.’
‘And how else would we have known what the potion was? Or that it had more than one use?’
He rolled his eyes. ‘You’re acting like the mage is the only knowledgeable person in the entire region. If you had listened to me, we would have gone to Denise and…’
‘You think she would have helped me? Denise and I broke up, Conri. She hates my guts.’
‘Doesn’t mean we couldn’t ask. At least she’s a fellow wolf. If you had listened, you wouldn’t have crossed paths with Lamido, and your morning would have gone differently.’
I sighed, rubbing my
