Chapter 60

• LYDIA
• "I don't think I can..." I stammered, pointing the candle back at Elliot. Totems as powerful as this were hard to find. It took an extremely powerful witch to craft one and I had not the slightest idea what price Elliot had to pay to get one. "You acquired this for yourself. It would be cruel of me to steal your chance to talk to whoever you want to speak to." I pointed it closer to him, tears filling the brim of my eyes. "I can't accept this."
• Elliot smiled down at me and reached into his chest pocket. He withdrew a matchbox and dropped it to the earth. My eyes followed it. It took a moment before I could face him again. "Don't be so prim and proper." He said to me. "Didn't you say you wanted to see her one last time?"