After hours of studying, a pulse starts in the back of my head. The ticking of a bomb about to explode, so before it does, I push away from my desk. I can only handle so much of my marketing class before thoughts of death start to sound halfway reasonable.
I need to see Mom. Between the union, school, and the party last night, I haven’t had the chance yet. But since getting all of Fortuna’s magic split between Jasper and me, the fact of how much there truly is hasn’t stopped nagging me. Mom said I’d learn why after the union was completed. Well, it’s after, and I want to know.
I should transport myself to her, but my attention drifts to my shut door. Not that he has any claim to my location, but I find myself wanting to tell Jasper where I’m going, should he come looking for me while I’m
