“You absolutely can.” I grinned. “Where’s Seamus?”

“He and Rootbeer are talking to Constance,” Ava said with a grin and held a carrot out to Float.

“Constance found us outside and sent us your way.” Birdie winked and sat down in front of me, then slid a tray of food in front of me. “There’s options for you.”

My face flushed with heat, so I knew I was blushing. “Thank you.” Now I have to actually try to eat. Smooth move, Constance. I see what you did.

Madge and Jo sat to my left with big salads, but I noticed Madge’s had fried chicken in hers and Jo’s didn’t. Tomás and Whitney were holding hands as they sat across from the soulmates. I liked the way Tomás no longer looked at me like I’d hurt him. That was a relief.

I picked up a slice of pizza off my plate and took a bite, forcing it down through the nausea. “So, Birdie, how are things with Brody?”

Her cheeks turned pink. She glanced over her shoulder. “Taking it slow but really good. He’s so much happier here where he can make stuff. And the Swords are putting him to work. It’s a win-win.”

Whitney slid her wand behind her ear like it was a pencil and picked up a fork. “I’m learning so much more about magical tattoos. It’s amazing. I’m low-key mad our parents kept us in Tampa for so long.”

They all laughed and nodded.

Ava ran her fingers over Float’s floppy ears. “We did have quite a unique experience though, didn’t we? Being so close to The Coven?”

They all nodded again.

“It feels weird to be in said Coven now when y’all talk like that.”

They laughed and threw napkins at me.

“I just wish I would’ve known Archie was Tenn while it happened so I could’ve appreciated it more.”

“You mean because we embarrassed ourselves horribly in front of him?” Birdie groaned and buried her face in his hands. “We talked about him being hot to his face.”

I shrugged. “Esther told him—to his face—that she’d happily be a third for him and Tegan . . . and he laughed. Like, he thought it was hilarious. Dude has the wildest sense of humor.”

They gasped and then burst into giggles. For a moment we all joked about Tenn being Archie and how much hindsight changed every interaction with him back then.

“I’m just saying Archie’s connection to Rootbeer makes a lot more sense.” Ava laughed. “Tenn does adore her.”

Jo sighed. “Archie with Aspen though? Merde. Mon cœur.”

Aspen. Libby’s sister. My heart twisted in my chest. I wished I could tell them about Libby’s return, but we weren’t yet sure what that was about so we couldn’t. Especially not to Libby’s family.