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I was probably going to regret this. “You’ve got five minutes.”
I followed Dastien out the door. He kept walking until he hit the tree line between the dorm and the classroom building. His grey T-shirt wasn’t tight, but he couldn’t have hidden his muscles if he tried.
Use your head, Tessa. “Are you going to keep walking, or do you want to talk?”
He spun, eyes glowing. “Stay away from Christopher Matthews.”
I had a second to be freaked out by the eye change, before I got seriously pissed off. “You’ve got some nerve. You’re the one with the fucking girlfriend.”
“What? I don’t have a girlfriend. Just please. Tessa. Just stay away from the guys.”
“What do you call Imogene?”
“A friend. A very old, very loyal friend.”
“Well guess what. Chris is a friend. A very new, very fun friend.” My blood boiled. “News flash: I haven’t done anything wrong. You have no right to drag me out here and yell at me. Hello? You bit me. Now, I’m here and struggling to keep my head above water. So you need to get your shit together.”
His eyes dulled back to his normal light amber. “I—”
“No. Don’t say anything. There’s no taking back what you did.” I took a couple steps toward him and poked him in the chest. “And now you want to boss me around? Tell me who to talk to!”
“You’ve been flirting with Chris.” His voice was more growl than anything else.
“You’re jealous. You’re a big ball of lime green jelly.” It wasn’t a question. It was a fact. Maybe my visions were coming back. But why was it just words and emotions? Why didn’t I “see” anything.
He punched the closest tree. I ducked as splinters rained down. “Merde, Tessa. S’il vous plait…”
I took a giant step back. “What’s your deal?”
He closed his eyes, breathing heavily. “I don’t know.”
“You have no right to tell me anything. To speak to me. To be around me. What you did is unforgivable!” I forced myself to take a breath, but it didn’t help calm my anger. “You can’t ignore me, and then come over, drag me out of lunch to tell me who I can and cannot talk to. I don’t care—” My skin started tingling and my knuckles cracked. “Shit. This isn’t happening. This can’t happen. Christ. I didn’t eat enough.” Hair sprouted down my arms. My breath came out in gasps as I watched it thicken into fur.
“It’s going to be okay, Tessa. Just let the shift take over.”
I looked up at him, unable to keep a tear from escaping. I crumpled to the ground. “No. I can’t. I—” I panted as pain swept through my body, my muscles moving and shifting.
“If you don’t want to shift, then let me help.” Dastien leaned close to me. He brushed a gentle kiss over my forehead. “Shhhh.”
The sound was balm to my soul. The pain drained away as my hands shrunk back to normal.
A branch cracked beside me. “Everything okay here?” Mr. Dawson said.
“Yes, Michael,” Dastien said. He brushed the hair away from my face. “I think we’ve got it under control.”
Yeah, maybe he thought so, but I was clearly far from being under control. Dastien helped me up, and I brushed off my jeans with shaking hands.
“Sebastian and Donovan should be here soon. We’ll need to set a meeting to discuss the implications of what’s happened between you two.”
That didn’t sound good. I didn’t want to be punished for something that wasn’t my fault, but I didn’t want Dastien to get punished for it either. Did I?
“Understood,” Dastien said like a good little soldier.
“When you say implications, what do you mean exactly?” I said.
“Don’t worry about that.” Mr. Dawson raised an eyebrow. “I think you’ve got a class to get to.” He walked back to the school building.
I hated that. I was going to worry now for sure now.
