I’m crying. I don’t even remember the last time I cried, but here I am: over a man's shoulder and wailing like a child. With Talon it was different; I shed a few tears for what he was going through, but this time it’s all selfish, all for myself. If I wasn’t so distressed, I would register that Axel motherfucking Parker is carrying me through school. “Shushhh,” he mutters, strangely gentle with me, then glaring and growling at anyone who looks at us the wrong way. I don’t want gentleness. I want to be safe, to be free, to not live with the burden of magic or being human. I will never have any of that. I’m going to die. It hadn’t hit me, really hit me, till the truth of my test came out. I’ve always thought I was smart enough, sharp enough, to overcome anything with my big mind. I am smart, I know it for sure, but I can’t beat a corrupt system. The swoosh of air in the parking lot brushes tears out of my eyes, but I can’t stop crying, even if it’s in front of my enemy. I hear
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