ADINNA’S POV
I avoid Jace and Dean for the rest of the day. They are the two people who have managed to make my life feel like a twisted maze that I can’t get out of. Dean is confusing. He’s kind in a way that feels unfamiliar, like he doesn’t expect anything back. He talks to me without trying to tear me apart or make me feel small, and it confuses me because I don’t know what to do with that kind of kindness.
Jace, on the other hand, feels like a shadow that I can’t shake off. Even when he’s not near me, I can sense him. His presence lingers like smoke after a fire. Every time I walk into a room, I can feel his eyes on me, even though I refuse to look at him. I keep my gaze fixed on my notes, my steps, the cracks in the floor. On anything that keeps me from acknowledging that he’s ther
