ログインIn my room, I pulled out my suitcase and began to pack. I gathered the essentials: a few changes of clothes, my toiletries. I changed out of the ruined dress the rogues had given me, took a quick shower just to rinse off the dirt and blood, then threw on a pair of jeans and a sweater that I’d stolen
Ellie’s POVMy mother laid on the cold metal table, just as lifeless as the steel beneath her. Her hair fanned out around her, her face pale and peaceful.It wasn’t her. Not really. The part that was my mother, her soul, was somewhere far better than this life had ever afforded her. All that was lef
A roar split the air, and for a moment, I thought it came from my own throat before I heard gasping behind me and realized that it was Dominic. I looked up through blurred vision and saw him standing over Gareth’s body. The rogue wasn’t moving. His throat was torn out, his one good eye staring blank
Ellie’s POVI couldn’t move.My mother was on the ground with a lake of blood pooling beneath her, and all I could do was fucking stand there and stare.Dominic’s grip on my arm vanished. He shifted mid-stride and launched himself at Gareth, who did the same. The two collided in the air, fur and fle
Ellie’s POVDominic shifted back to human form and stood there for a moment, chest heaving, just staring at me. His face was pale, drained of all color save for the red blood staining his skin. He looked like he’d bee nthrough hell. I supposed I looked much the same.“Ellie,” he said in a raw voice.
Ellie’s POVI ran until my lungs were on fire and my legs felt like they were about to give out.The invisibility had worn off about halfway through my escape, leaving me exposed and more vulnerable than I would have liked. I tried eating some more petals of the Ghost’s Whisper, but they didn’t work
Ellie POV Maybe…I pushed to far.His hand is still braced against the wall above, body pressed close when when footsteps echoed down the corridor.“Well,” Lucas says lightly, like he’s commenting on the weather, “either I have the worst timing in the world, or the best. Why does it always seem like
“Because of you,” She scoffed. “I was nearly exploded. Then Vivian wrote a letter of recommendation and saved my ass.”That made me pause. I glance at her. “What?”“Vivian wrote the teacher for me,” she says. “Not you. She told me a few days later. She’s a good friend. In the end.”I study her face.
Ellie POV The door slams shut behind me.Metal on metal. Loud. Final.“You assholes!” I snarled slamming a hand on the door.It had been late, my class ending deep into the night then I want. There was a chill in the air, enough to see my breath when suddenly I was swiped from the path and thrown i
Ellie POVThe cafeteria was too loud for what we were doing.Trays clattered. Chairs scraped. Laughter burst and faded in uneven waves, the normal chaos of lunchtime pressing in from all sides. And yet, sitting across from Abigail, it felt like we were alone inside a glass box, everything else muffl







