CHAPTER 47: Reaped I immediately hid behind a thick curtain when Lady Vanessa stomped out of the library, hurt flashing in those baby blue eyes. For some reason, my heart beat erratically inside my chest as I recalled Calum’s words. Is it real? Or did he just say that to spite her? Is he really... inlove? With a mortal? I bit my lip as swirls of different emotions erupted in my chest. I didn’t want to think about anything that may make me assume things, but with all the things he’s been doing when he’s with me these days: the touches, the way he was looking at me as if he couldn’t take his gorgeous eyes away from me, and the almost kisses, those intimate moments that he usually initiated with me, I couldn’t stop my mind from going in that direction. I shook my head. No. Get

