“I hope we are not late,” I said when my mom opened the door. I was just telling Alarick that we need to renovate our floor as well. I wanted the privacy that everyone had except us. We had our bedroom which luckily no one entered, but still, anyone who wanted to visit us could enter our apartment at any time. I was beyond tired of it. “Nope, but given the distance you need to travel it is surprising that you are the last to arrive,” my mom said with dripping sarcasm. She definitely knew how to make us feel guilty. I heard laughter inside the apartment, so I assumed they were already settled and discussing something. My mom moved aside so we could enter.
Aelfric was sitting on the sofa next to Kendra, who was as red as a tomato. She was smiling, but I could see that she really didn’t kno
