Chapter 5
Or maybe that’s just the fatty lunch talking and making me sluggish and dreamy.Ivy’s back stiffened and she tried to remain steadfast in her resolve. She was going to have to see her mother for the first time in years in a couple hours. She had to remain strong or risk being brought back into the cottage’s ethereal orbit, and wishing to never leave the woods.
All her resolve left her when Vale smiled and called her forward. “Hello again! How may I help you…?”
“Ivy,” she said, then sighed. “My name’s Ivy.”
“Ivy’s a pretty name. You seem sad by that, though.”
“Just not used to hearing it so often. I often go by my last name.”