Shawls Academy: Claw Spirits Battle
It felt strange on my face, like a muscle I hadn't used in longer than I wanted to admit — and stranger still that it was her who'd put it there.
I sat back and stretched out beside her instead, both of us tipping our heads to the sky, the fire crackling low between us and the water. Her fingers found mine in the space between our bodies, hesitant at first, then not. "One more thing, Leslie." The clouds scattered overhead, indifferent to everything happening on the ground beneath them. "Vampires can smell secrets. Yours smells like fear. Not shame."