Chapter Eighteen
"One of these days, you're going to have to take me on a date outside the academy," I tease him as I lean back on the blanket spread over our room floors.
"You aren't allowed outside the academy," he reminds me.
I shuffle over onto my side so I'm lying facing him, then boop him on the nose. "That's where you're wrong. I am allowed outside. I'm officially a free woman."
A wide grin spreads over his face. "Why didn't you tell me?"
I shrug, the gesture awkward given the way I'm lying. "Honestly, I figured you knew already. And then I kind of forgot. A lot happened."
"Ah, yes. Your chat with one of the most deadly vampire hunters ever," he mocks.
"You should be careful about saying that around her," I warn. "Ashryn really was one of the best." In an odd way, I'd kind of
