She is only just learning to speak for her dreams, and her voice sounds like starlight with teeth. – Morgan Nikola Wren

Darkness had already overtaken the town by the time we reached Spencer's house. Spencer, Alison, and Toby met us in the driveway just as Aria, Ezra, Caleb, and Emily pulled up behind us in their respective vehicles. Everyone clustered around us, and Spencer opened her mouth to speak but then her words evaporated like mist as her eyes lay on the suitcases in the backseat of Jason's car.

"Hanna, what's going on?" Spencer nodded towards my luggage.

I pressed my lips together and addressed Alison. "I was wondering if you'd mind me staying at your place for now?"

"Of course not. Not at all." Ali shook her head. "Stay as long as you like."

"What's wrong with your suite?" Aria asked.

"Nothing, I just-." I began.

"It can wait until later." Jason interrupted from behind me.

I held up a hand. "No, it's fine. They can know."

"Know what?" Emily's eyes creased at the corners with worry.

I glanced up at Jason before looking back at my friends. "We're seeing each other."

"What?" Spencer shouted.

"Like seeing-seeing each other?" Aria arched a perfectly manicured eyebrow.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes."

"Since when?" Caleb furrowed his brow with heavy lines.

"It's kind of complicated," I replied.

"Aren't you engaged?" Spencer asked.

"Is she supposed to stay with the man cheating on her?" Jason's blue eyes lit up with a dark fire that was reminiscent of the passion experienced in private.

"Ali," Spencer rested a hand on Alison's shoulder. "You're okay with this?"

"Yeah, as long as they're happy and no one gets hurt, who cares?" Alison shot her and everyone else a look of derision.

"Besides we're adults, and this is our lives. We can make our own decisions." I crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"Well I just want to know how long this has been going on." Aria shrugged.

"Yeah, same." Emily nodded. "And if you don't tell us now, we'll just bug you until you do."

I sighed and lowered my shoulders. "A little bit after Caleb left me, we ran into each other in New York. He bought me dinner, and he came back to my place. We were together for a few months before I realized how serious things were getting and I panicked and left him with no explanation because I was afraid that he'd leave me first like everyone else has. Then I met Jordan and everything happened with him, and then I came here and then we saw each other for the first time since I left when he showed up yesterday morning, and now I admitted my mistakes and that I still have feelings for him and he and I decided to try it again. Only this time no one will run just because they're afraid."

"Unless a psycho family member of mine is chasing her," Jason added.

I nodded and pointed upward in agreement. "That too. I'm glad that is understood. I mean I'll come back afterwards, but I hope that's understood as well."

"Of course," Jason agreed.

I addressed my friends again. "Now, I hope we're all done here, because we're through with the questions portion of our revelation."

Emily shrugged. "It works for me."

Aria nodded. "Yeah, it's like Ali said, as long as you're happy and no one is hurt, it's none of our business."

"Besides, it makes sense." Toby motioned outward with a hand. "You two do have a lot in common."

A faint smile crept across Alison's lips and I nodded and said, "I feel like I've heard that before." I took that moment to switch gears and turn to Aria and Emily. "Did you guys find the hex bags at your locations?"

Aria pulled her phone from her pocket and tapped her screen before holding it outward to me, showing a picture of a hex bag tied to what appeared to be a ceiling beam. "It's in the basement of the house."

"And the one at my house is actually tucked up in the beams of the porch roof," Emily added before I could ask.

"Okay." I nodded. "Let's all get over to my mom's and then we'll find the one in her house and she can show us how to destroy it and break the curse."

Everyone agreed. Jason and I climbed back in his car with Alison, Emily, and Toby joining us, while the Ezra, Spencer, Caleb, and Aria climbed in Spencer's car, and we all headed out for my mom's house.