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I move closer to him and put my hands on my hips. “You’ve tried it?”
“How do you think I know how bad it is? Trust me.”
“It’s my turn for some wild living. After everything I’ve been through, I think I deserve it.”
His expression shifts, his eyes plead. “Not like this.”
I straighten my back. “Yes, like this.” Then I move around him and hold my palm out to the guy with the bag. He pours a little on. “That’s it?”
“You won’t need more, believe me.”
Everyone watches me. Bash shakes his head, his jaw clearly clenched.
I turn back to the other guy. “What do I do with it?”
“Just let it melt on your tongue, and everything else will melt away.”
“Sounds great.” I bring my palm to my mouth, and the powder trickles down onto my tongue. It doesn’t melt in the water, but does as soon as it touches my tongue. It’s salty, and in a matter of moments all my anger is gone. I don’t care that my parents lied to me and forced me to live on land. Or that my birth father gave me up so easily to be raised by the brother who tried to kill him. Or that I’m doomed to relive the ancient legend of a long-dead queen.
None of it matters. And it feels great.
Bash is still looking at me with that judgy look of his. I don’t know what makes him think he can judge me. He’s done so much bad stuff, he’s just one wrong move from being expelled from the academy. And he can’t shift into human form. I never do anything wrong. And after everything I’ve been through, I deserve a little time to let loose.
Someone says something, but I can’t make much sense of it. I push my way out of the group and head for the house.
