تسجيل الدخولPOV: VINEI actually let out a dry scoff right to her face."Stay away? Seriously? If anybody on this entire, psychotic campus needs to be told to stay away from someone, isn't it Ace?" He was the one who kept cornering me wherever he found me, dragging me to his house, and dictating every single breath I took. When did I ever say I wanted to be anywhere near his orbit?I shook my head in pure pity, looking at her desperate, clawing expression, and just shoved my way right past her shoulder. The force of my crate knocked her back a step, but I didn't care.The fucking nerves that girl’s got. I was really pissed as I marched down the hallway, the heavy plastic handles digging into my fingers. I can't believe she was threatening me over a guy who treated the entire female population like disposable property. She could have him. She could have the whole toxic, confusing package for all I cared.★The day had finally ended, and thank goddess for that.The last of the Vipers had dragged
POV: VINEStupid of me. Seriously, it was so incredibly stupid of me to even think for a split second that his kiss with Rose was an accident.It’s been three whole days since Rose "tripped" and fell into his arms, and since then, she seems to be getting closer and closer with Ace by the minute. They’re always in each other’s orbit now. And Ace? He hasn't even cared that he hasn't seen me eye to eye since I told him to fuck off in the library archives. He completely blocked me out.But why was I even caring about that? Why was I letting it twist my stomach into knots? I’m supposed to be happy he’s finally leaving me alone. This is literally what I wanted.I know he’s completely occupied with practice anyway. The big match had been postponed by a week because of my whole kidnap incident and the museum thievery, since the entire scandal completely shook the school administration. So... good for the team, I guess. More time for them to perfect their game. Gives them higher chances of bea
POV: ACEThe team was still banging their sticks and cheering, filling the arena with loud, annoying noise, but I wasn't in the mood for their crap.I pulled Rose off me by her arms, squeezing hard enough to make her wince, and dragged her away from everyone, pulling her into the dark equipment tunnel where the guys couldn't see us."What the hell was that for?" I snapped, wiping my mouth with the back of my hand and scowling. I felt totally grossed out; my skin crawled from the bold move she'd just pulled.Rose didn't look sorry at all. She just scoffed, crossed her arms over her expensive fur coat, and looked away at the rink walls."What? I had to do something," she muttered, pouting. "The first time you saw me this semester, you kissed me. You chose to do that. And I thought... I thought you actually liked me."She snapped her head back at me, her eyes flashing with embarrassment and pure jealousy. "Only for Vine to suddenly be all anyone talks about, day after day, week after wee
POV: VINEWe were still frozen in that tiny library spot. The air was so thick it felt like trying to breathe underwater. Ace’s hands were hard on my jaw, his thumb dragging across my bottom lip like he owned the space I was in."What the hell is wrong with you?" he muttered, his voice low and gravelly—the one that always made my brain stop working. His eyebrows were knit together, and his eyes searched my face like I was a puzzle he had to figure out. "Why are you acting like you completely hate me being here?"That question felt like a straight-up insult. Was he really so stuck-up that he didn't get how serious his words were? The nerve of him asking that made a strange, hot feeling bubble up in my chest, and my hands clenched at my sides. I didn't think about what would happen. I just shoved him off me with all the strength I had left."Don't touch me," I snapped, though my voice shook, giving away that I wasn't calm. I backed up until the bookshelf dug painfully into my spine, nee
POV: VINEA day later, I was trying hard to pretend the world wasn't falling apart around me.I tried to go back to my normal routine. I walked across the quad with my laptop bag over my shoulder, keeping my head high.But my body was a mess. The bandages on my neck chafed against my shirt collar.My shredded soles felt like they were resting on hot coals with every step.But the physical pain was nothing compared the thing waking up inside my chest.Every time I closed my eyes, even for a quick blink against the bright sun, I felt a strange, simmering heat pulsing under my ribs.It was the exact same heavy, electric heat that exploded through my brain before my eyes turned that eerie blue in Ace’s mirror while he tried to torture me with the memories of my sister during the Vipers' initiation.It felt alive. It felt like a low fire feeding on my anger.It grew stronger and more restless every hour. I had no idea how to make it stop.I needed to clear my head. So I dragged myself to t
POV: ACEThe heavy iron door of the Vipers' locker room shut with a loud, metallic clang. The sound echoing off the steel benches.I reached down, grabbed the heavy padlock, and snapped it shut. We were locked inside.Stealing that old stone meant the threat was already here. Someone was inside the school.The Callahan Blood-Stone wasn't just some old historical item. It was a weapon.It was an anchor of pack power, made during the old war against the witches.Someone walking into the museum and stealing it meant they knew everything.They knew the security weaknesses. They knew the patrol schedule.They knew exactly how to use Vine’s kidnapping to empty the building.I knew the pack police were useless when it came to ancient secrets.They were only trained for bad wolves, fights over territory, and loud students.Now they faced a crime with the smell of burnt Emberwood ash and shattered glass.They were running around the quad like crazy, filing pointless paperwork and yelling into
Vine"This is the girls' bathroom. Get out."I said, swallowing a hard lump down my throat, as a feeling of guilt for treating a kind person that way washed through me."Look at me." He said.And I found myself slowly raising my face at the mirror, his reflection showing beside mine.I had seen tha
Vine"So what now, you're going to act so high and mighty here in this restroom?" Miriam sneered, "Come on, it's just the two of us now."She raised two of her right fingers and the girl who was with her left the restroom. Somehow no one was here already."When we get outside, they are going to pit
Vine"What did she say?""Huh?" "I mean my Mom, what did she say?""Well," Clyde shrugged, narrowing her eyes, "She said she could trust me.""What are you talking about? My Mom just came here and said "Hi Clyde, I think I trust you?" I waved my palm at her face, "Hello? Can you come off the ficti
Vine"Well, at the moment, I have nothing to do with that." I stared at her, shifting a little, just in case her words birthed some terrible wolf out there to scratch the hell out of my face.Well, just kidding because her facial expression was so horrific.She sighed in relief and took a long brea







