~ Jonathan’s POVShe doesn’t listen. Of course, she doesn’t.Seraphina fucking Puckett never listens.I saw her with Ethan again. He was laughing and she was smiling. Or at least pretending to smile. The same way she used to smile at those back her godforsaken friends. The moment I see her walk away from him, all soft shoulders and lowered eyes, I feel the fire light up in my chest again. It's not jealousy, I tell myself. Not really. It's control. It's knowing what's best for her, because clearly, she has no fucking clue. I am going to be her stepbrother soon, so it's best to start keeping her under the radar.I take the long route. I decide to wait until the hallway clears. I don’t want an audience.When I grab her and pull her into the empty classroom, it’s instinct. It was not planned. It was not rational. But neither am I when she looks at me with those big eyes, all fire and defiance. She doesn’t scream, but she flinches. I hate that. Hate that she flinches like she thinks I’ll
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