ADINNA’S POV
Everywhere is still silent as they begin to stare at me, and then suddenly I begin to feel a low, strange vibration crawling beneath my skin like something alive.
At first, I think it’s just my nerves, my panic, and my heartbeat hammering too fast, but then I see it. The way the boys all flinch, the way the air thickens. The connection that had been quietly pulsing between us all night suddenly surges, ripping through the air like a live wire.
And then it hits.
It feels like lightning crawling through my veins. Every sense sharpens. Every heartbeat doubles. My knees buckle under the force of it. The warmth from before turns molten, unbearable, and I scream.
The sound tears out of me before I can stop it. I clutch my head, as if that’ll help contain whatever’s clawing to g
