LOGINI let myself out and stood on the porch for a moment to catch my breath.“You’re leaving already?”I jumped, whirling around to see Nico sitting on a swinging bench off to the side. He was only wearing a sweater, no coat or hat or mittens, his cheeks flushed from the cold. He didn’t seem bothered by
Ellie’s POVStephanie led me through to a sitting room off the front hall and gestured to an armchair by the fire. A tray was already set out on the coffee table between us. I sat, and she poured two cups of steaming tea.“You look frozen,” Stephanie said, sliding a cup across to me. “Drink.”I took
“What do you want?” I snapped.Vivian pulled her head back. Then lifted her wrapped hand. “You are a healer, aren’t you? Or are you going to turn me away?”I sighed, knowing that she was right. Despite our past, it wouldn’t be right of me to turn away a clearly injured person. I’d made a vow when I
Ellie’s POVI’d been up the ridge since first light, so long that my hands had gone stiff and numb in my gloves an hour ago.I told myself I had only come up here, climbing the steep switchbacks that stretched up toward the peak, for the work. The clinic had a small storeroom of medicinal herbs, but
Dominic’s POVI had left Goldenveil a little before midnight and driven straight through the mountain pass. Bad weather slowed us down, snow and black ice coating the winding roads, lengthening our trip by nearly double. Night passed all too slowly, stopping only along the side of the road for a qui
“I knew about her before she ever came up this mountain,” she whispered. “Before Terence did, even. I have ears in places he doesn’t think to look. I tried to deal with it quietly. More than once. It should have been dealt with.” She turned the ring on her finger. “But the little healer has a way of
Dominic POV The moment her head disappeared beneath the surface, something inside me tore open.I didn’t feel myself running. I didn’t feel the rocks under my hands. All I felt was a pull, and it was enough to drive me forward like an animal.I dove deep, eyes burning, lungs screaming.It was dark.
Dominic POV I’m done. Enough.I’d been searching since first period. Not openly, because I wasn’t that pathetic.Maybe a little recklessly, fury chewing at my ribs.They were not at breakfast.Not in morning training.And every classroom I checked since then had been empty of scent.I stalked throu
Dominic POV The thing about Marcus and Jake is that they don’t know how to take no for an answer.Or maybe they do, they just choose violence instead.“Come on, man,” Jake groaned, slinging an arm across my shoulders. “You’ve been brooding for, like, days. It’s depressing. Even for you.”“I’m not b
She smiled. We hadn’t really talked much, so I couldn’t figure out that tight, sugary little smile that made me want to throw salt at her like she was a demon in disguise.“Morning, Ellie,” she cooed. “Thought you should see this.”I looked down.A form. An official one.Conduct Warning — Indecent B







