My mind wandered in ways that I wished it didn't, Jason consumed so much of my mind that I ended up with severe headaches most nights. To the point where I wanted to scream as loud as I could, hoping that somehow my brain would explode and this would all end.

In the back of my mind, I still thought about what happened when Jason and I pressed our chests together, maybe I imagined what I thought. Desperate for some kind of companionship no matter how rough the curse made me feel.

Every night I'd attempt to read the book that Ripley had given me, the Moon Goddess and the...