My eyes fly open, and the room is dark, the fire has died down and I can only see the bright red from the embers. I am still in pain, my body is aching, and I feel stiff as board. I reach over to check my phone for the time, and it is 3am, Friday. s**t, I only have five hours before I must meet up with Marcus’ witch for our rendezvous. I sit up and check the room, Cole never returned.
He has us blocked Tra, I am so sorry. Some of this is my fault, he could always feel my emotions for Hayden.
I feel Malka’s sincerity and I do not blame her. I am new to all of this, and I never completely shut off my attraction to Marcus, I sealed it in a box and put it into the back of my mind; a mind that Cole has access to. I hear someone shuffling down the hall, the sound is faint but there. I stare
