Baffle's P.O.V. ********************************** ~ A week later ~ ********************************** "Sprite please, I'm dying without you," I begged as I reached out to pull her into my arms. Jayde side-stepped me before I could touch her. I wasn't sure if I was more pi.ssed at her, or more devastated. I've never in my life felt this absolute panic and despair before. I feel like I'm going out of my mind. "Claire," Jayde called out sweetly. "Has anyone asked you to work on a property cut recently? Perhaps one that says 'Property of Baffle'?" Sh.it... "No honey," Claire replied, shaking her head as she continued to knead dough on the kitchen island. "Can't say that anyone's asked for a property cut recently. Not since Sorsha." An awkward sort of tension filled the air. Half the

