AMELIA 'DECLAN'
It was necessary!
I should never have agreed to meet Linus that night…
But he sent a message saying, “If you don’t show up, I’ll go to the headmaster by morning.”
So I went.
I met him behind the east training hall, the most secluded spot in the academy. No lights. No patrols. The moon was the only witness, hanging like a blade above us. Linus stood there waiting, a grin stretching across his face, the kind that made my wolf bristle immediately.
“You came,” he said. “Good. Saves me the stress.”
I kept a straight face. “What do you want?”
He didn’t answer at first. Instead, he walked slowly around me like he was circling prey, his eyes crawling over my body in a way that made my skin tighten.
Then he stopped in front of me and smiled.
“You know, Declan… I’ve been t
