Earlier that morning*
Jamie was on his knees, the cold marble floor biting into his skin. Blood dripped down from his busted lip where Daisy had clocked him.
Alexa’s voice was all over. “You told her,” she said, cool as ice. “After everything we’ve done, you go and blab to Cassie about the spell?”
Jamie’s voice barely made it out. “I couldn’t keep lying. She deserved”
Wham!!!
Daisy’s boot landed in his ribs.
He folded, coughing, he bet he could see stars.
“Deserved?” Daisy sneered. “The only thing she deserves is what’s coming.”
Alexa paced around him “You’ve been handy, Jamie. But loyalty? That’s easy enough to fake.”
Jamie blinked up at her, totally lost. “What are you talking about?”
Alexa crouched, trailing cold fingers along his jaw. He shivered when she touched him. It fel
