Lucy stood outside Dodgers, staring at the school as if it had sprouted horns overnight. Weeks had passed—though to her, it felt like years—and here she was again, against her better judgment. Stepping inside would be reckless, not just for her, but for everyone in it. Especially Jeremy.

God, she missed him.

She missed the simplicity of her old life, not that long, but it felt old, a regular human music student nursing a hopeless crush on her professor, the biggest problem in her world being a missed assignment, a botched performance, or a broken heart. Tears welled up, hot and stinging, and she blinked hard to keep them from...