as I forced my

revenge. I walked up to the closet and searched through the wardrobe. My eyes landed on a pretty yet modest peach gown. It w

eyes landed on the scar on my stomach. It had been three years since Adam's betrayal yet it was as i

breakfast

e, pulling my thoughts away from the pas

or before I dressed up. Forcing a

staircase. The dining hall was massive, its ceiling high enough to make me feel small, a

f the long dinin

and his eyes sharp and stormy gray, just like Orion's. He flickered up at me once before

said softly, trying n

n't re

next to him. "I've heard a lot about you, Leo. Nice to

l no

quietly poured juice into my glass before hurrying a

iked kids who don't talk too much. It s

thought he'd finally say something. Ins

uffed in

claws,

eat this quietly?" I asked, my tone

ested glance. "You talk a lot," he mut

ugh "And you do

bed his eggs like t

So much for

ere tense, guarded, like someone who'd already learned not to

't let him win

r my juice, "looks like I'm going t

st twitch at the corner of his mouth - n

th

as som

alle

*************

lid out of the car, his eyes hooded as he stood with his small backpack.

was a new student and apart from it being one of the Wolf Lord's rules, the sc

ered crouching down to fix his

raightened. "Stubborn little wo

g past me, their laughter ringing through the courtyard. I smil

zen curious faces turned to me, children of different ranks

forcing a warm smile. "Le

s whispering to one another. For a mom

s unsettled be

ought of him being alone and afraid on his first day stirred something in me. I fetched

r just as I was abo

ed in before reason did. I stepped out of my classroom, my wo

ing from L

I caught sight of Leo standing in the center of the room, his chest heaving, his l

outed, his voice trembling

tinued to talk, their

you he's

he must not h

ce. He didn't deny it. He didn't speak. He just stared at

ing my arms around him when

ing on her

m rushed over to hel

as the memories c

s he do