#Chapter 175

Theodore’s POV Twelve days in which to take Owen down and counting. The timeline was tight, with now two weddings to attend. It was supposed to be twelve days until I was reunited with Violet, too, but now we’d have to wait longer for that. For now, I’d have to be satisfied with seeing my mate at events and her cousin as soon as he arrived with his deliveries. I’d been awaiting this Saturday impatiently in anticipation of seeing Bennett. It had been jarring to go from more family than I ever dreamed of in Henosis back to the loneliness of Midnight. Dahlia and Sophia were great, of course, but even we needed to be careful about what we say and in front of whom. Dahlia knocked on my open study door, jolting me from my pity party. I motioned her in, and she closed the door behind her as she entered. “I was just hoping to go over the plan for today,” she told me without looking up from her tablet as she scrolled through it. “Fine.” She looked up at my response, probably my