LOGINEllie’s POVI was running before I even realized I’d started moving.The crowd around the gazebo was already gathering, people shouting and pointing. I shoved past them, my heart pounding so hard I could barely hear anything else over the sound of my blood rushing through my ears.“Move,” I said, pu
I stopped in the doorway and gawked. The bathroom was spick and span. It actually smelled like cleaning solution and not… all of the other horrible things in public bathrooms.“How’s it going?” I asked, my voice echoing in the space.“Good,” he called back. He stepped out of the stall, wearing elbow
Ellie’s POVBefore Dominic could reach me, I ducked my head, pretending I hadn’t noticed him, and grabbed a stack of paperwork on the table. I turned and slipped into the crowd. Or at least, I tried to. But I only made it a few steps away before his hand came around my upper arm, pulling me back.“H
Ellie’s POVI was already sitting at the kitchen table with my coffee when they came back inside.Dominic entered first, holding the door open. Vivian followed, leaning heavily on his arm. I resisted the urge to roll my eyes as I watched him help her over to a seat like she couldn’t do it herself.“
I took a seat, perching a little nervously on my knees. With the door shut behind us, the living room felt more intimate than it ever had before; we usually only used it for more formal meetings or guests. But now, it felt like it was being used for what it was supposed to be used for, and it was we
Ellie’s POV“Yes,” Amy said. “A sleepover. One night this week. I think it could be really beneficial for you both.”I looked at Dominic. He was staring at Amy like she’d just suggested we run naked through the pack grounds. It certainly felt that way.“That’s… Unconventional,” I muttered.Amy smile
He leaned in.My blood went cold.He bared his teeth, sharp and white, and sank them into the side of her neck.The crowd exploded.Cheering. Whistling. A few people actually clapped.Vivian gasped and clutched his arm, playing it up for the audience, then giggled breathlessly as he pulled back, her
Ellie POV I had officially hit the point where words stopped being words and turned into worms.They squiggled across my notes, rearranged themselves into nonsense, and mocked me.I sat cross-legged on the academy lawn, surrounded by open textbooks, loose pages, ink-stained fingers, and the creepin
Dominic POV I didn’t hear a single word in class.My thumb kept brushing the gauze on my hand. Almost healed, but still stinging, while my brain replayed the same two images: Vivian crying on the ground… and Ellie walking away without even blinking.It twisted something in me.Because none of it ma
But Lucas…Lucas was a menace.His grin sharpened the second he spotted Dominic across the ballroom. A spark lit behind his eyes. trouble, mischief, and chaos personified.“Lucas,” I muttered, “don’t start. They just got here, can we just—”He slid his hand lower on my waist.“Lucas.”“What?” he mur







