Rafael's Point of View
I wake up feeling restless, my father’s voice still drilling holes into me, and the memory of Octavia caught between me and Kai pressing harder than ever. I need to see her. I need…something.
The kiss will not leave me.
No matter how many times I blink, no matter how many breaths I take, I feel it again, her lips against mine, the way she did not pull back, the way the world seemed to tilt under my feet. And then the way she slipped away with that excuse, leaving me to stew in the dark with a heart that feels like it is burning.
So I decide to go to her. I make my way straight to her dorm room.
But she is not here.
I knock twice, harder the second time, and Clary’s muffled voice calls out from inside, telling me Octavia’s already gone.
My stomach sinks. Of cou
