CHAPTER 356 SALTY AIR

It was deep in the night, and the silence of the world stood still, only interrupted—broken—by the steady crash of the waves. After his conversation with Lunaria, Marcus returned home feeling more disoriented than before. Every step on the dirt path felt heavy, as if he was walking through memories he couldn’t quite touch, and he didn’t like the fact that all of a sudden, people were being mysterious. He gave mystery-filled answers—acting mysterious, but he didn’t like it one bit. When he entered, the house was quiet. He checked their rooms. His mother was asleep, and Nyla and Maela, who both shared a room, were long asleep as well. Since he hadn’t seen a wolf prowling all night, that could only mean his Aunt Ember was in her bed sleeping, too. Marcus purposefully checked on her, and in hopes that they’d have an alone minute, the aunt-to-nephew bond rekindled. She was his father’s only sibling, and if anyone knew his old man best, it was her. And another perk, she was blunt, mor