|Carmella|
The train swayed gently along the tracks, the slow rhythm almost lulling me to sleep as the countryside blurred into streaks of green and blue beyond the window. I glanced over at Theodore, who was sitting across from me with his usual air of restrained authority, face unreadable as he stared out the window. The circumstances that had forced me to return to Grimshire with him weighed heavily on me. I’d thought, after Theodore uncovered the switch between Camilla and me, I won’t be able to go back. Yet here we were, sharing this long, tense journey.
We had ten hours ahead of us—four by train, then another six by car. The thought of enduring the whole journey in silence set my nerves on edge. I couldn’t stand the idea of sitting there, closed off from any interaction, so I decid
