Chapter 34: Prove

*LYCIA*

Why the fuck did I do that?

The sight of Seff’s fallen face just wouldn’t get out of my head. The way his sparkly hopeful blues dimmed and turned darker than the midnight sky, how the shadow of his hair covered the hurt inside them when he avoided my eyes to stop me from seeing it.

What must he be thinking right now?

But when I saw that Esme had seen him I panicked. She knew me better than anyone else and even a small action of mine towards Seff would disclose the fact that Seff was someone closer than just a stranger who got lost in our coven.

“...cia …Ly…cia …Lycia!”

A hand shook me making me look at two faces peering down at me weirdly.

“What?” I asked, shaking myself out of the trance I was in as I sat up straighter to look at them properly from where I was seated on a bean bag in Travis’s room.

“Nothing much Travis was asking if you’d like a beer?” Esme answered looking at me suspiciously while Travis gave me a smile.

Alcohol definitely sounded like something I would nee