She ran.
Maya did not think about it. She just moved. Her feet hit the pavement outside Jace's house and she did not stop until she reached the end of the block, and even then she kept going. Her bag bounced against her hip and her breath came in short, uneven bursts, and she did not know where she was going. She just knew she could not stay.
He had caught her wrist.
That was the part she could not shake. He had caught her wrist and she had felt his fingers close around her skin, and for one long second, neither of them had moved. He had looked at her like he was seeing her for the first time. Like he already knew.
She stopped at the corner and pressed her back against a lamppost. Her pulse was loud in her ears. The street was quiet and the sky was dark and she did not know what she wa
