Chapter 65: “Make it quick.”

*SILIA*

It was official, the Calix siblings were crazy.

This morning after I had hidden away in my room and locked myself in I had been disturbed by a knock on my door. Draven’s voice soon came through asking me to come out or let him in. When I had refused to even answer back to him, he got angrier.

He didn’t specify why he was angry but I did hear him shout and say how could I just leave after spending the night with him? The words although clear the meaning was not. I didn’t know whether he was angry that I hadn’t waited to hear him cuss at me or if he had wanted to talk. But if I be honest what else would Draven talk to me about except to say that he had made a mistake? And that I didn’t want to hear.

“Silia, open the door. Please let’s talk about what happened yesterday.”

This was what he said first. His coaxing was soft and beckoning, almost making me want to melt and curl up in his arms. To cry and tell him about my problems but I had been too ashamed to say anything.

“Silia, y