Chapter 169: Paying A Visit

LYN I stood outside the hospital room, my hand hovering over the door handle as I tried to work up the courage to knock on the door and enter inside.   After everything that had happened in a relatively short week-- the curse breaking, the magical backlash that I had survived which was supposed to kill me but thankfully it didn't and most importantly, that kiss -- I wasn't sure how to face anyone, especially not Lumina and her family.   The memory of Zade's lips against mine kept playing on repeat in my mind, making my cheeks burn with embarrassment and something else I wasn't ready to name at the moment. It felt like hope that I had buried deep down inside me over the years while existing in an orbit around Zade.   Especially after what I saw on his face after Xenois left. The way he'd looked at me afterward, like he'd seen something in me that terrified him, had been haunting me for hours.   But I needed to check on Lumina and Ollie. After what I'd put myself through to break the mag