Page 49 of Shadow Bonds

Instead of acting confused at my rage or hurt, they glare back at me apparently just as annoyed at me.

“You blocked us out,” Knox grits out.

“Fuck you,” I tell them all before heading into the small bathroom.

Once inside, I slam the shower door behind me, quickly strip and turn the water on, hissing when it touches my layers of blisters.

Fuck them all. They could have told me. Given me a heads up.Anything.

They don’t care. They can’t if they’d send me out into something like that without a damn word. I nearly died. Cora…diddie.

I let myself feel the pain and rage inside me, allow it to burn through me as I turn the water colder. It takes a few minutes for it to cool me down, but slowly, it starts to ease the burn inside me.

I start lightly scrubbing my body while trying to keep my mind blank. But the last couple of days flash across my mind over and over like a beacon, reminding me of four shitty mates that don’t give a shit about me.

Cyrus wants to be on my side but then he goes ahead and forgets to tell me about this. His actions speak a lot clearer than his words.

As soon as I get back, I’m out. I’ll live in that damn library for as long as I have to if it will help me figure a way out of the academy and away from them and all of this fucked up mess.

Once I’m clean, I quickly dry off and get dressed before ignoring them all and getting into bed with my back to them.

I can feel each of their stares burn a hole in the back of my head, but my anger is too vivid right now to even glare at them.

“Sena… the dreams…” Cyrus says reminding me of the attacks and why I need them close. But he’s close enough as it is and I don’t want any of them near me. I would rather take my chances with whatever is in my dreams than them right now.

I’m finally starting to drift to sleep when I hear movement down the front of the tent.

“Come on, can’t you even get it up,” I hear a familiar female say with a giggle.

I glance down to the front of the tent and spot Arabella. She killed Cora, I know she did. She nearly got the rest of us killed too, and now she’s laughing and giggling like nothing happened.

She doesn’t care about anyone but herself. Or the fact that the male she’s grinding all over is looking at her with nothing but disgust in his eyes.

Arabella drags hand down his chest. “If you don’t give me what I want, I can make it hard in other ways for you. We both know I have that pull,” she says with another small giggle, and I see red.

Getting up from my bed, I head straight for her. She doesn’t notice me, too absorbed in trying to grind all over the uninterested male. His fists are clenched by his side, his face now looking away from her. He doesn’t want this, but she doesn’t seem to care either.

And it only makes me angrier.

I come up the side of the bed she’s on, grab her by her hair and slam my fist into her face knocking her out.

She drops forward onto the male, but he sighs in relief and gives me a look of gratitude before lifting her up and discarding her on the ground beside her bed without care.

I head back down the tent, catching small glimpses of smirks and shock and ignore them all as I get back into bed.

But I don’t miss the heated look from the four I fucking hate right now.

CHAPTER 15

KNOX

Abuzz of excitement is in the air with the upcoming war games. Before they start, all Shadows take part in small trials to find the strongest among the academies. Those who win will end up in the games against the other academy in a few weeks.

There are Shadows that stay here all year round, and the entire camp is usually a place that brings me comfort and peace, calming the darkness inside me. But all I can think about is how my mate is angry with us when she has no right to be.

She blocked us out. Ignored us and then disappeared for two days without a word.

Being closer to the Hollow usually helps the madness, but instead I’m slowly unraveling the more she’s away from us.

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