60 - Azira.

The rest of the students filter out of the room and I watch them, keeping my attention anywhere but on Blaine. Eva slips out of the room and shuts the door behind her and the tension increases, swirling around me like a thick cloud of smoke.

I keep my eyes anywhere but on Blaine, even as I feel his attention on me, burning a hole through me.

"What do you have to say for yourself, Miss Sidorov?"

I clench my jaw. "Nothing, sir." I rake my fingers through my hair. "I'm not entirely sure why I'm being punished when Natalya was as late as me and talking as well."

He stands suddenly and walks over to my table slowly, a predatory look on his face. "Because after two weeks apart, I am ready to devour you whole, malishka."

I straighten. "Perhaps I don't want to be devoured."

He shakes his head and continues to advance toward my desk. "I don't believe that for a second."

"Well, you should." I raise my chin and look him in the eye. "I've got no time for someone who can't be bothered to contact m