The Girl with the Violet Eyes
Now, only minutes after sending Caelan away, I find myself standing far too close to Aria while she looks up at me with those impossible violet eyes.
“You’ve been avoiding me,” she says.
I lie.
She calls me a liar.
And Gods, I nearly kiss her right there. Instead, I touch one of her curls. A compromise. A terrible fucking compromise. The instant my fingers brush her hair, her magic responds. And so does mine. Power hums beneath my skin. Her violet eyes widen slightly. She felt it too.
“Because,” I tell her, “I’m beginning to think being around you is a very bad idea.”