My throat suddenly feels so dry that even swallowing doesn't help. I hold myself as we walk back to my dorm room for privacy. Whatever Ben wants to tell me it can't be good. He's frowning and keeps looking over his shoulder.Is he going to break-up with me? My insides twist like I'm going to throw u
Sunday morning, I roll over and open my eyes when the mattress dips lower on one side."Morning, Brene," Kiarr says in that Viking accent that makes my toes curl. He brushes fingers along my brow and down my cheek and jawline like he's memorizing the shape of my face."Is everything okay?" I ask mor
"Hello?""Hey, are you okay? You sound out of breath," Melanie asks over the line."Yeah." I glance down at my nakedness and my skin heats. "Um...give me ten minutes. What's up?""Meet us in the library on the third floor by the study tables." She hangs up and I stare down at my phone.Unease wraps
"Okay, let's think about this." I pinch the bridge of my nose. "Nora are you sure you followed the scent to my old school.""Yeah, and it was heaviest on Gwen." She crosses her arms."We're back to square one." I rub my eyes."One of you morons better untie me. I can't feel my hands."I nod and Nora
"Who is Amelia?" Jezza asks, her hand trembling as she holds her teacup."She is- was one of my friends before I came here." My skull pounds and I feel nauseous. "When the vamps came to our school, she was there and got injured in the magical backlash." And I had gone to her to apologize, to see her
Someone grabs my hand, squeezing it. I pant and try to focus on the face. Gwen is leaning over me. She shouts something at me."Come on, Brene, you've got to stop her. She's going to kill them-she's going to kill my sister." Tears stream down her face.Ben and Kiarr surround me, paler than usual.An
Gwen wrestles the book from Amelia and runs."Hurry," Ben shouts inside my head. "She still has traces of magic from having the book and can kill Gwen."I groan, pushing myself up. All my muscles are cramping and not wanting to work right. I need to fix this. And I think I know what to do, but I hop
I stare at the pile of ash as the wind blows it away. The bunt mark left from the grimoire as dark as the hole in my heart. Jacques.Both Ben and Kiarr pull out of my body and I sag to the ground, unable to stand without their help, with my heart hurting so much I can't breathe.Jacques. All of this