Page 79 of Volik

I look over at Jenny, my eyes wide.

She grins at me.

I remember seeing something about confidentiality in my employment contract, but I didn’t read it carefully. I just signed it. But with someone as unique as Volik on campus, it makes sense that they’d take that step.

My eyes move back to the screen. “What does he mean recorded?”

Jenny chokes on a laugh. “Have you not watched it?”

I look back up at her, tone going hesitant. “Watched what?”

She gestures back at my computer. “Search Volik hulk out Stalden, and you’ll see.”

Biting my lip, I do what she says.

I knew people would’ve seen something with the way he was shaking the building, but I was too busy reading about some other vampire named Renke this morning to even think about the possibility of videos.

Which, if I take one full second to think about it, is dumb of me. Because I’m positive Volik stomping across campus with his clothes half off would’ve garnered a fair amount of attention.

I shift in my seat, remembering how he looked with his clothes all the way off.

Vaguely, I recall other people in the hallway with me in the moments before Volik entered the building.

Were they still there when we came together? Or did they leave?

I swallow and tap Enter.

The screen fills with video hits.

Jenny reaches past me, selecting one.

And it’s so much worse than I thought.

So much worse… And so much hotter.

Leaning forward, mouth hanging open, I watch Volik hulk out in the middle of the commons.

Some students are screaming. Belongings and chairs are sliding across the floor toward him.

But all I can stare at is Volik.

His head is thrown back.

His arms are wide.

There’s so much background noise between the shouts and the heavy exhales of the person holding the phone, but I can still hear the rumble of Volik’s power.

The rumbling gets louder, as do the screams. And the image seems to shake.

My own breath comes quicker as I watch.

His horns… His body… Fangs… It’s like he said.

He grew.

Volik just grew.

Volik is pulsing magic. You can almost see the waves of it rolling through the room in blurry lines.