Nelos’ kiss and vague warning haunts me the entire next day.

I’m so furious, I can’t stop seething when I think of him. He left me, so why should I feel anything but anger? Still, my stomach explodes with butterflies, beating their wings frantically at the thought of seeing him. How can my body betray me in such a way?

And he pretends he’s warning me? Is that a lie too, just so he has an excuse to taunt me further? I can’t do this with Nelos because every time I see him, my heart cries for him. I hate that he affects me so much.

I march to Rowan’s...