Chasing His Scentless Mate (Caroline) novel Chapter 334

Chapter 334: Chapter 334 Can’t Find Grandma

Ava’s POV

I pulled open the door and stepped into the hallway, half-expecting another binding spell to stop me. When none came, I took a deep breath of freedom and pulled out my phone.

Nina answered on the second ring. "Ava? Everything okay? It’s pretty late."

"No, everything is definitely not okay," I said, my voice trembling slightly as the adrenaline began to wear off. "I just had the fight of the century with my mom, and I... I need a place to stay. Just for a few days until I figure things out."

"Say no more," Nina replied without hesitation. "I’m coming to get you. Where are you?"

I glanced back at our apartment door, knowing my mother was probably still standing exactly where I’d left her. "I’m leaving my apartment now. I’ll meet you downstairs."

Minutes later, Nina pulled up to the curb in her beat-up Honda. One look at my face and she didn’t ask questions, just helped me put my bag in the trunk and drove us back to her place.

It wasn’t until I was lying on her pullout couch in the dark that everything really hit me.

I’d broken free from a spell my own mom cast on me.

I’d somehow used power I didn’t even know I had.

And I’d walked out on the closest family I had left.

I woke up on Nina’s couch feeling like I’d been hit by a truck. For a split second I had no clue where I was. Then everything came flooding back—screaming at my mom, that weird energy thing, storming out.

"Morning, sunshine," Nina said from the kitchen. "You look like you wrestled a bear all night."

"Feels like it too," I mumbled. "Thanks for letting me crash here."

Nina slid a mug of coffee toward me. "What happened with your mom?"

How could I possibly explain without sounding insane? Hey Nina, my mom used a magical binding spell on me, but surprise—I broke it with powers I didn’t know I had!

"My mom wants me to leave Harbor Bay," I said instead. "She thinks it would be better for me to start fresh somewhere else."

"Your mom’s usually so chill though," Nina said. "What made her go all ’escape Harbor Bay’ on you?"

"She just freaked out. Said it wasn’t safe for me here anymore." I sighed. "She’s keeping things from me, Nina. Important things about who I am."

"What are you going to do now?"

"I think I need to visit my grandmother in Silver Creek. She’s always been straight with me. If anyone can help me figure out what’s going on, it’s her."

"Just promise to text me if things get weird. Or weirder than they already are."

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