Chapter 54
*ding*
A sharp ping from his phone pierced the quiet hum of the bedroom. Ethan, half-asleep and tangled in the sheets with a woman he barely remembered picking up from a bar the night before, jolted awake. His first thought was a break-in, as the notification was from the magical security system he'd installed in his home. He quickly sat up, grabbed his phone from the nightstand, and with a few swift taps, opened the app.
A cold knot tightened in Ethan's gut as the live feed loaded. His eyebrows furrowed in confusion when he saw a figure moving through his home. But confusion quickly twisted into disbelief as the camera panned. It wasn't an intruder; it was Margot. He watched, stunned, as she moved like a ghost through the rooms, her body a familiar silhouette against the dim
