Three weeks had passed since the war had ended. Three weeks of investigating the mountainside or doing research on the fae.
Ashleigh had asked Myka to help her. He was the only one that seemed to believe there was a chance that Caleb was still alive.
Her mother was focused on rebuilding defenses and Axel. Of course, Ashleigh understood that those things were important, but Caleb needed them to focus on him, on finding a way to pull him back out of the ley line.
Fiona and Galen had returned to Summer. They were also busy with repairs and finding homes for those that had lost theirs. She had asked them to send someone to the way gate on their end to see if they could find anything. But they reported back with nothing.
Ashleigh was exhausted. Her nights were filled with painful memories that left her sobbing in her bed for hours. Her days were filled with research and disappointment.