Neve
Well, that didn’t exactly go as planned! Nothing ever did where Rafandra was concerned. I had hoped that the elation he might’ve felt at knowing there was something that could be done about our situation would overshadow his anger at me once again breaking their rules. But clearly, I misjudged just how seriously he took them. I knew he would be annoyed. But still. I felt like all we were ever doing was taking one step forward just to take two steps back. It was exhausting. He couldn’t stay mad at me forever and once Aurelia’s note sunk in, he would be too curious to ignore it. I hoped. Once again, I just had to have a little patience with him. But patience was never a strong point of mine.
I cleared the plates and food, taking them all back into the kitchen and dumping them in the
