I wanted to believe him, but even if I hadn’t had trust issues, I wouldn’t be easily swayed by someone who’d once worked for that arrogant, entitled,elf. It was amazing how quickly the word “elf” had become a four-letter word for me.
The question was: where did that leave me? Where did that leave us?
I had absolutely no clue.
IZZY
Vyns showed me around campus,though we talked little after he’d poured his heart out. I got to know where most of the buildings were. He even showed me a set of stairs which descended to a stretch of beach below the cliffs on which the school sat.
Then he escorted me back to my room and would have left then, if I hadn’t invited him in… but only to show me how to use my new computer and phone.
Once he got me set up, he left.
“I’ve put my number in your phone,” he said at my door. “Call if you need anything. For now, I’ll tell Saldrea I haven’t learned much, that I need to get to know you better.” He gave a faint smile. “I look forward to doing just that.”
And he was gone.
What was a girl supposed to do with a man like that?
I definitely couldn’t trust him, but he also hadn’t done anything to give me any reason to doubt his intentions to deceive Saldrea.
I shook my head, exhausted, then headed down for dinner.
In my room that night, I tried to input what I could remember of the lesson on magic into my new computer, but it was all jumbled in my head. I’d have to wait for Rook’s help.
God.
Rook. The bastard who’d turned me in to the magical authorities, but who’d healed me and comforted me today.
And Myel. A sexy Goth shifter who wore his heart on his sleeve and was inextricably bound to me.
Now Vyns. A literal angel who thought I could change the world… assuming he wasn’t lying through his perfect teeth.
For a girl who’d only ever had one-night stands because she didn’t want a relationship, I sure did have a lot of guys interested in me. And not just interested in my body. Myel was all apologetic that we came crashing together physically, while clearly wanting more from me emotionally. Rook hadn’t comforted me today to get into my pants. He’d already done that, so what reason did he have to be kind to me now? And Vyns was a mystery wrapped in an enigma, under a layer of sexy Hemsworth gorgeousness who thought I was all-powerful.
Too much.
This world was to much.
Learning about magic and history was too much.
Saldrea wasfartoo much.
And these three guys wereway beyondtoo much.
I drowned in bewilderment, overwhelmed both emotionally and intellectually.
Collapsing onto my bed, I tried to work through it all as darkness fell.
“You okay?” Myel’s soft voice startled me from mythoughts. I still hadn’t figured out how the lights in my room worked so his voice filtered out from the gloom.
“Gah, stop doing that!” I hissed, sitting up, startled.
“Sorry.”
“And stop apologizing!”
“Sor— fuck.”
