Page 237 of The Sins of Silas

“It’s like a summer’s day,” I whispered. “How—?”

A call in the distance cut off my speech, and when my head turned, I saw our group of friends running to us.

“Lena!” Elowen cried, sprinting for me.

When she reached me and pulled me into a hug, I froze before returning the gesture. Era ran up to Silas, hesitating before hugging him softly.

Silas and I made eye contact, his face lining with guilt, and I quickly glanced away.

I won't sleep with her again. I swear it.

“You’re all okay,” I whispered. When I met eyes with Merrick, who wore a pained expression, I furrowed my brows in question. He broke our eye contact almost immediately.

“We all got separated when we plunged into the water,” Edmund said, running a hand through his light blond hair. “Well, some of us. Merrick and Era disappeared also.”

“Something happened to my magic. It forced me back into my standard form, which is why you all plunged into the sea,” Dani said. “Thankfully, we've only been separated for an hour.”

I frowned. “An hour? That’s impossible.”

Roland and Hendry exchanged confused expressions while Viola crossed her arms.

“Well, how long would you say you were gone?” Hendry asked warily.

“At least a day and a half, maybe two.” I met eyes with Silas, who nodded.

“Yeah, it was certainly far longer than an hour. We almost got killed by this blizzard, and that’s when we found—” He turned, and his face went pale.

I glanced behind us and gasped at what I saw. Or rather, what Ididn'tsee. “Where…where the fuck did the cabin go?!” I exclaimed.

“Uh…what cabin?” Roland asked.

I narrowed my eyes at him. “The cabin we just emerged from. What do you mean?”

“Lena…” Torrin's eyebrows drew together. “We just saw you and Silas standing out here. Never once did we see a cabin, and we’ve been walking in nothing but these fields this entire time.”

I looked over at Merrick. “How long were you two gone for?”

He clenched his jaw, his eyes swirling dark as he gazed at Era. She quickly averted his gaze and focused on me. “Only an hour or so,” she said, crossing her arms.

“Well, we were in the cabin. Otherwise, how would we have gotten these—” I gasped again as I observed my apparel. The new clothes I had adorned had vanished, and I was once again in the clothes Immeron and Ayla had gifted me.

Silas cursed under his breath as he realized his old clothes were on, too.

“What, were you guys wearing other clothes?” Viola asked with a raised brow.

“Yeah, what exactly were you guys up to?” Roland asked with a smirk.

I glared at him, about to throw a fireball at his head. “As Silas said, we were in a blizzard. When we got to the cabin, we changed into dry clothes,” I said calmly, definitely leaving out the factthat we warmed each other with our naked bodies. And I would certainly not mention the wild sex that followed.

Torrin’s eyes flared. “You got your memories back,” he whispered.

I swallowed. “Yes…whatever caused our magic disruption must've canceled the spell.”

Torrin nodded gravely, lowering his head.

I focused on putting up a mental wall. I hated hurting him. Roland was never attached to me, so the idea of me hooking up with someone else didn’t affect him. Even if he had also had feelings for Silas at one point.

My stomach twisted when I looked back at Silas once more, Era nestled in his chest with arms wrapped around him.

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