Riley POV
I can't stop thinking about that kiss. The way my body had grown heated, the way I'd melted into Dax's arms, almost feeling as though I belonged there. It was inconceivable that somebody of his status would even look at me in that way. I touched my lips, lost in thought as I walked through the doors of the academy, barely listening to the teachers until I met Violet in the cafeteria, who was poking at her jello as though it had personally offended her.
It had been almost a whole week since I'd seen her. The suspension was over, thank God, or I might have gone crazy in that house, with only myself for company. I hadn't seen Dax either during the times I'd snuck out to the gym. Maybe he was avoiding me the same way I was trying to avoid him?
"God, today has sucked ass," Violet
