C25 TWENTY FIVE

Do Not Desire to Go

DEREK

Out of this wood do not desire to go.

—William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

"I’M SO SORRY, Derek." Rose's sad eyes begged for forgiveness, but she needed none.

"It's not your fault. You aren't responsible for what other people do." I stuffed clothes into my bag while she ransacked the bathroom in her haste to pack.

"But it's my coven, my family