Chapter 52 ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

Garrick sketched the flame before it disappeared from my memory.

I had barely reached the cottage door when I found him returning along the path. He came inside without removing his coat, lit two more lamps, and opened his notebook on the table.

“Clockwise?” His pen hovered over the page.

“Yes. I...