CASSIDAN I turned towards Elara and for a fleeting minute, I thought I saw him shiver. I moved to touch him in the shoulder but he shrugged it off and started to walk away. I wasn’t like Damon. I didn’t know what to say. “He doesn’t have the balls, Riven,” I said without thinking and Riven turned for a brief minute before walking away completely. His hands were clenched. I nearly palmed myself on the head. Why had I said something like that? I couldn’t stop him and tell him that I would handle Nyx or that Nyx didn’t know what he was saying because the moment had already passed. For some reason, I walked down the hall and made a turn. Only to see Damon’s face ashen. He was sitting with his hands on his head. I frowned. Kael was pacing . Which was quite unusual even with all of his other quirks. “Guys…” I started but even at that, they paid me no attention. I opened my mouth to tell them about Nyx’s return and how it was best we found a more permanent position when Kael f
ELARAI froze.Nyx’s grin was the same as if I could forget. Mocking and cruel. I couldn’t breathe. The last time I saw him, he had nearly killed me and Kael had shattered sixteen of his bones. No one should be standing after that. According to what the boys had told me. If they hadn’t gotten there in time Kael would have killed him.“How…” My voice caught in my throat. “You shouldn’t be here.”Even for me that was pathetic. Where was all my bravado? My sauciness?Or was it because I was still reeling from Kael’s drama and the recent discovery about a curse?Nyx tilted his head, dark eyes glinting with something far worse than amusement. “Shouldn’t I? Did you really think I’d stay broken because of Kael? You underestimate me, little fraud.”Little fraud!? I searched his eyes for a clue but nothing gave up. The way he said it made my stomach twist.I stumbled back, my shoulders hitting the wall. He stepped closer. Each movement was slow, deliberate, like he wanted me to feel like th
ELARAI swear I didn’t want to be like this. This…person.But I knew my self worth. I knew we could never just be what we were before. Not with that kiss still lingering in my memory fresh like a child being born.I walked to my room and shut the door so tightly, I didn’t think I’d hear anything else after that. I plopped on my bed, trying to will myself to sleep when I started to hear whispers.At first I thought it was all in my head. That I was hearing things but the whispers were getting harder to pipe down and I decided that I was going to “pass” by just to disguises the fact that I was curious about what was being said.I opened my door same time that the common exit door clicked shut. I let out a sigh of exhaustion and was about to walk back in when Cassidan snorted.I turned to the side and saw him drinking something from a cup. I wanted to roll my eyes at him but he had beat me to it.“Do you want to tell me why you were crying two/three days ago?” He asked and instantly I st
ELARAI swear I didn’t want to be like this. This…person.But I knew my self worth. I knew we could never just be what we were before. Not with that kiss still lingering in my memory fresh like a child being born.I walked to my room and shut the door so tightly, I didn’t think I’d hear anything else after that. I plopped on my bed, trying to will myself to sleep when I started to hear whispers.At first I thought it was all in my head. That I was hearing things but the whispers were getting harder to pipe down and I decided that I was going to “pass” by just to disguises the fact that I was curious about what was being said.I opened my door same time that the common exit door clicked shut. I let out a sigh of exhaustion and was about to walk back in when Cassidan snorted.I turned to the side and saw him drinking something from a cup. I wanted to roll my eyes at him but he had beat me to it.“Do you want to tell me why you were crying two/three days ago?” He asked and instantly I st
KAELBut Riven was a boy. And my mate was for sure not in this school. So what was the meaning of this?My heart pumped as though it was trying to burst. My legs had slithered to the ground to steady myself as bon-wrecking tremors moved past my body at an alarming rate.A part of me believed this was the end. That my curse would take me here. I prayed to the moon goddess to spare me. Time passed by in a blur as I finally relaxed. The curse had passed and I slowly stood on my feet. A big frown crossed my face instantly. They were gone. Ruben and his chummy body. The field was mine again but at what cost? At what rate?I needed to find my brothers and tell them what had happened. I needed to know if they felt the same way with me or I was just the only one. As I walked back to the dorms, something pricked at my chest. For weeks I have been hammering about Riven and his weirdness and my brothers have paid deaf ears and blind eyes to what I was saying and now, this was enough proof t
KAEL It happened so suddenly. So unprepared. We were at the breakfast table when cassidan started the conversation. “What happened between you and Riven?” Cassidan’s voice cut into the silence, even though he didn’t raise it above a steady calm. His fork hung suspended in the air, untouched, as if waiting for me to slip. “Nothing,” I muttered, stabbing into my plate. The food barely held my focus. Each bite tasted like dust, but the sound of the fork scraping against ceramic filled the quiet I wanted to keep. I couldn’t recall the last time I enjoyed my meal and I refused to think it was because of the “riven” situation. I could never. Damon snorted softly. He lounged in his chair as though nothing could touch him, but his eyes were focused and too deliberate. “That wasn’t your best lie, Kael. Something happened.” I didn’t look at him. Couldn’t. If I did, he would see too much. Damon was always able to see things like that. You could be hiding a bruise, mask your scent of