Micca's Pov

I was done crying over Berlin. The pain turned into anger, and I decided I wasn’t letting him reject me. He was my mate, and I’d make him admit it. Lila helped me come up with a plan to seduce him everywhere, push him until he couldn’t ignore the bond. “You gotta be smart,” she said in my dorm. “Tease him, but don’t let him have you.”

“I know,” I said, my voice firm. “I’ll make him want me so bad he breaks.”

“That’s the spirit,” Lila said, grinning. “Start in class tomorrow, wear something tight.”

The next day, I put on a short skirt and a top...