JUNIPER
Knock, knock, knock.
I rushed to the door and opened it before Moira had a chance to get to it. I wanted to avoid her talking to Asher at all costs.
I threw the door open, and my heart immediately started thumping against my chest. “Axel?”
“Reporting for duty,” Axel said with a wink. “You look disappointed.”
“No, I just—Asher said he was going to walk me to class today, so I wasn’t expecting to see you. It’s not that I don’t want to see you. It’s good to see you actually.” I took a breath to clear my head. Axel looked especially good this morning, and I couldn’t put a finger on why. His sudden presence threw me off, and I felt like a mess.
His eyebrows slowly rose as I rambled on. “Ethan asked to talk to Asher this morning. He said he was going to text you about the change o
