Chapter 44

“Color is back!” I screamed

“Not so loud!” Stefan rubbed his eyes. Then, he looked around the room and then back at me. “But, yeah, you’re right.”

“Did you break the curse?” I asked.

He shook his head. “No. I did nothing.”

“Yet somehow it broke.”

Red spread across his cheeks. “The explanation still makes sense even though it’ll sound corny.”

“I don’t understand,” I said, fidgeting with the sheets as I sat up against the headboard while pulling the comforter up to my chest.

“Last night was the best night of my life.”

I snorted. It was one thing to be happy or even ecstatic about last night, but there was something about the inflection in Stefan’s voice that caught my attention. Or I was too cynical.

“That’s a nice sentiment,” I said as I smiled at him.

He frowned. “I’m serious, Maximillian. I don’t know how to describe the moment.”

“Yeah. It was an amazing night. But what does that have to do with color returning?”