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With a grunt, I take the shape of a human and make my way through the school’s garden. I’m exhausted, angry, and in pain. My brother humiliated me, and his dark magic is still burning my skin, causing black blood to drip from my wounds as I drag myself forward.
I’m not sure if I can make it to my apartment on my own. Where the hell am I, anyway?
I lift my eyes and blink in shock when I realize I’m right outside the apartment belonging to Freya. Her window is open, almost as if she is hoping her demon—me—will return.
But I won’t.
Freya is afraid of me, and I can’t stand it. I don’t know why, but it makes me frustrated to smell her anxiety around me. Sure, I’m evil, but I wouldn’t hurt her. Never her.
Wait, what?
I’m so shocked by my own revelation that I stop in my tracks. Si
