Avery’s pov

I felt a harsh tug, and a loud car horn as it sped close to me. It’s only when a stranger yells. “What the hell were you thinking!?” Did I realize I had been in the middle of the road, staring into the distance where he drove away.

I looked at the stranger who helped me out of harm’s way and gave an awkward smile. “Thank you.”

His brows pinched and his lips lined. “Do you have a death wish girl?” He let me go, nervously looking at the road and me as if I would step on into the traffic any second now.

Death wish?

I shook my head, told him thank you again and rush to the dorm building. As I move through the building to my room I cannot help but replay the moment I had with Xade not just ten minutes ago.

His bleeding nose. His eyes, they had changed. I know they had. They were strange. A very strange color. And wild. Beast like. Animal like. Wolf…like.

A shiver race up my spine at the memory, goosebumps rising on my skin. He seemed more animal than human, but even so….I had not been afraid. His aura was calming, his touch was, home.

But his words, why did they feel as if he was telling me goodbye?

Why did it feel as if that kiss had been our last?

Our last taste?

Our last feel?

wasn’t getting easier to crack the code. As I reach the room, it’s empty no sight of Melissa who had gone from my friend to a foe. I

reaching for my phone. I dialed the only number I knew which brought comfort to me. My mom. She answered on the second ring, her voice breathy as though she

back, staring up at

even sure he lived in the boy’s dorm. I didn’t think he’d go back to the gym

peanut,” mom chirped happily. “If I’m breathing heavily in your ear it’s because I had

have you been Mom?

has,” she replied. “I’ve

my voice soft and frail which

wrong?” She questioned urgently. “What’s on

way to avoid her questioning, not when she knew me best more than anyone else. “Mom,” I

“Oh God, not a guy. They’re

brows furrowed. “But still a headache.”

to elaborate. “He-how did you know dad was the one? How did you know you fell

felt like home,” Mom replied without a pause

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