Meluna Lockwood.
Mom and Dad believe me. After two years of running, of screaming into the void, someone finally believes me. And not just someone…the people that matter. I even have a lead now. I was compulsed. Hybrids can do that… they can look you straight in the eyes and twist your thoughts, make you act against your will. Maybe that’s what happened to me.
Under the hot shower, I hold my hair up and let the water burn my skin. I don’t mind the heat. It feels like it’s washing away the humiliation Roan just dragged me through. His smirk, the way he made me kneel and the manner at which Cynthia laughed. If he’d asked more, I would’ve failed. What do I know about men and women? Dad never let me date.
"Boys at school aren’t looking for hearts," he’d say. "They’re looking for flowers t
