MERRIELYNN.
Walking to school with my arm in a sling wasn’t exactly the start to the day I’d hoped for.
The bruise blooming just below my shoulder throbbed with every step, a constant reminder of what had happened the day before.
It wasn’t really a fight—calling it that would be generous.
Juniper had made her point physically, shoved me hard enough to send me stumbling into a wall, and left me there like yesterday’s trash.
I should have seen it coming.
Juniper wasn’t the type to waste time with empty threats. She’d said she would make me regret not staying away fromCormac, and she’d followed through.
The worst part? Cormac wasn’t even her boyfriend anymore.
Not officially, at least. But that didn’t seem to matter.Juniper had staked her claim loud and clear, and I was the on
