Sisters of the Binding: The Ravencrest Tome

Chapter 5

Breakfast was a quiet affair at the White Peach Dawn Bed and Breakfast. Morning light filtered through lace curtains and illuminated the table where the sisters sat in awkward silence. They had exchanged no more than a dozen words over the coffee, pancakes and eggs, an uneasy distance stretching between them since the previous night.

Sam's fixation on the tome had caused her to miss dinner with Lilly, leaving her younger sister to eat alone at the Bookmark & Brew without a text or phone call. She had promised to meet up, assuring Lilly it would take just a few more minutes to finish checking work email, but those minutes transformed into hours as she struggled to open the Ravencrest book.

twiddled her thumbs in frustration

Now, Lilly twiddled her thumbs in frustration, casting Sam occasional glances that mixed annoyance with concern. Sam knew Lilly had …