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I need to understand why my heart, body, and mind reels when he looks my way and why I can’t leave anything in regard to him alone.
Just as I move to open the door, something grabs me around the waist and pulls me back. Panic engulfs me as I realize I have just been caught.
Chapter 11
Heartracing,Istruggleagainst the arms that tighten around my waist.
My stifled screams only cause more panic to rise inside of me.
Fingers dig into my sides as I’m pulled back with such ease, it’s as though I’m as weighless as a feather.
My feet dig into the tile floor as I find myself in a dark alcove away from the main hallway. Swiftly, I’m turned around and come face-to-face with my captor...
Ason.
Fear ignites inside of me like a wild flame.
“Hey, stop fighting me,” Ason whispers, through clenched teeth.
He holds me against him tightly, his heaving chest rising and falling in sync with my own ragged breaths.
His hand slowly slips from my mouth, and I let out a breath.
“Why are you attacking me?” I ask, keeping my voice low.
I have no idea why I am being quiet. I should be shouting to the heavens that Ason just grabbed me and pulled me into a dark corner of the academy.
“I’m not attacking you,” Ason declares, releasing his hold on me.
I stumble back and allow my back to land against the cool, stone walls.
“Seriously? You just grabbed me and pulled me away from where anyone could find and save me,” I lash out.
Running a hand through his wild hair, Ason looks at war with himself. His white shirt is torn and his jeans have holes and shredded material. He had clearly shifted back to human form, but why?
Narrowing his eyes at me, Ason chuckled, as though I amused him.
That only sent more anger through me.
“No, what I was doing was saving your life. If you remember, students are strictly forbidden from leaving the school,” he reminded me.
The irony of his chastising doesn’t sit well with me.
“You have to be kidding me. I just saw you outside, running toward the tree line,” I threw at him.
Ason doesn’t seem phased by me and when he smirks, my anger only intensifies.
“You don’t even know what you are talking about,” he mocks.
“Ok, then explain it to me. You are right; I have no idea what is going on around here. I show up to this strange academy, students go missing, and no one wants to talk about it. I just need some answers,” I cry out.
I hate how my emotions are brimming at the surface. More than anything, I hate how Ason sees that I am upset.
“I know this all must be terrifying for you, but there are just some things that you need to stay out of. Right now, all you need to know is that something is taking the students. I am…” Ason pauses, and I lean forward, desperately waiting for him to keep talking. His face softens and for a moment, he appears kind. I know it will be short-lived, so I need him to finish talking. Running a hand through his messy hair, he continues. “Only one person here knows what I am doing. I wasn’t running toward the treeline tonight, I was patrolling the border of the ward that was placed around the school. I know things that are going on, but I am sworn to not speak of them.”
"But who is taking all those students? Do you know?”I gasped desperately.
Shaking his head, Ason closed his eyes as his jaw tensed and a low growl escaped his lips.
