KAIA’S POV
“Athena,” I blurted out before I could stop myself, my voice coming out sharper than I meant, “maybe this would all be easier if you would just tell me the truth. That I’m cursed. Because I don’t understand anything that’s happening with me anymore. I’m pretty sure I’m cursed one way or another, and now Leander is going to share in that curse too just for coming into my life.”
Athena’s hand paused halfway to a bowl, her gaze slowly lifting to meet mine in warning. “Kaia,”
But I couldn’t stop now. I needed to know.
“I mean it,” I rushed on, my breath trembling slightly. “So many weird things have been happening to me lately. It’s like I only attract bad things! Only the horrible things of life. And now I have two different ghosts following me everywhere. Well, Caelistra is a
