“Hayley, don’t be like this,” Lance said over the door.

“Why are you here, to try to order me about the curse again?” I scoffed, crossing my arms as I dropped the test tube on the test tube rack.

“No, I came to talk to my mate. That’s all,” he sounded like a child as he spoke.

“Well, your mate does not feel like talking to you for now so go away,” I sounded more childish than him.

I picked up a beaker and subconsciously rolled it from one hand to the other hand as I listened for his heartbeat in case he chose to leave as I had instructed....