“Listen, do whatever you need to, but you must do it quickly. They’re getting suspicious, and Raven needs to feel a sense of normalcy return before she can let her guard down.” That meant I needed to end it with her soon. I had to let her go. I looked back to John and nodded, frowning. He sighed, patting my arm. “She will forgive you, Zeke.” My shoulders sagged. “How do you know?” He waited to answer, looking back toward the forest. “Because she’s not her mother.”
