#CHAPTER 57: Without Mila

FELIX It had only been three days since Mila left, but each second felt like an eternity. If the sun rose and set, I didn’t notice. All I could focus on was the empty side of the bed and the quiet that filled my apartment. Mrs. Raven and Joseph both tried to distract me from Mila’s absence, but nothing helped. I awoke three days after Mila left on the couch in my study in the castle. I had taken to sleeping in here instead of my apartment, finding it too depressing without her. But the couch was uncomfortable, and I woke up with a stiff neck and sore back. Nothing would be as uncomfortable as the conversation I was about to have with my parents, however. I needed to tell them about Mila’s departure, and see if they had any advice for getting her back. And breaking the curse, I supposed. I dragged myself to my family’s private quarters. I was not surprised to find Esmeralda in the chambers alongside my parents. She had been ever-present since Charles