JESSICA'S POV
The world went white.
It wasn't a sound, or a light. It was a feeling. A wave that started in my chest where Sebastian's mouth had just been and exploded outward, wrapping around my soul with bands of fire and ice.
I gasped, my head slamming back against the wall. My legs, bare and trembling, gave out. But I didn't fall. Sebastian's hands were on my hips, holding me up, his fingers digging into my skin.
Mate.
The word wasn't a sound. It was a truth. It echoed in the silent classroom, but it echoed inside me. In my head. In my blood. In the new, restless thing that had been sleeping in my gut. My omega wolf lifted her head at the word, a joyful, submissive whine echoing in a place only I could hear.
No.
"What... what is that?" I choked out. The connection was locking in
