Chapter 325

• Alec
• By day three of the silent treatment, it finally sinks in: Isadora’s avoiding me.
• At first, I thought maybe it was just the usual cat-and-mouse thing she likes to pull—keeping her distance, letting tension simmer between us. After all, it’s not exactly new territory. But this? This feels different. She doesn’t just sidestep me with a quick glare or a half-smile. No, she’s flat-out gone, slipping out the door before I’m up, “busy” the moment I get home, and managing to be anywhere I’m not.