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My altercation with Sonja stayed onabout it the following Monday

What botheredwas that the redheaded bitch was partially right I had been changing Just not in the way she thought I wasn’t turning evil—though the lack of coffeeweaker Much weaker I should’ve been able to take control of that situation in the hallway using persuasion alone, but I hadn’t been able to When I’d reached for the skill, all I’d found was an aching Kai-shaped chase th It was an echo of the horrible, crippling exhaustion I had felt before I’d bonded with the guys; a slow, starving death

Going throughmy first class with him when he wouldn’t even look at h a vast desert, and he was an oasis guarded by razor wire If I couldn’t get over the wire, I needed to find a way under it

There was only one person I could think of to turn to for advice, and I wasn’t looking forward to the conversation Still, as I dragged h the day, I knew it had to be done After falling asleep in my last class, too exhausted to keep my eyes open, I made my way to the infirmary

“Piper! It’s nice to see you You aren’t hurt, are you?” Cassandra’s dreaave me a quick once-over

“Not physically,” I said through a yawn, trying to will away the pounding headache that had been growing in my skull all day “Not yet anyway”

She cocked her head at estured behind her toward one of the curtained-off sections “Come Tell me”

I followed her, then sat down on the small exam table and looked over at her Shame wasn’t an emotion I usually allowed uilty about stupid shit—but it was clawing its way to the surface now

I knew I’d made a mistake with Kai I knew I shouldn’t have taunted him with my blood like that I’d pushed him too hard, made him snap, and in response, he’d pulled away from me almost entirely

It had been my fuck-up, and it was up to me to try to fix it But, God, I hated to ad

Not just because I was a stubborn bitch, but because of what being wrong meant

“I…” The words stuck in my throat, and I forced the in a rush “I need to kno to break this bond”

“Your succubus bond,” she said in her drea her head at me “With the four men”

I shook my head “It’s worse than that I—I bonded with Kai Specifically In his specific way”

Her eyes widened, and her irises reflected so projected on them from the inside