"Damn it! Damn it!" Valeria had cut her week-long visit short and returned to school, but this time she felt like she was losing her mind. She sat on her bed in a fit of rage. She wanted to see Lucian; it felt as though seeing him would calm her down. But no, she wasn't supposed to see him. She quickly pressed her pillow against her head and began to scream loudly. It felt as if the more she screamed and yelled, the better it would be. "Valeria, are you okay?" Irene asked, slowly approaching her friend. "I'm not, I feel like I'm going crazy!" Right now, she couldn't hear Lucian, which meant she wasn't bonded to him. She wasn't bonded, right? 'I wonder if I should talk to one of those girls? They keep looking at me. Besides, I'm bored of being alone.' She heard Lucian’s voice speak

