Page 96 of Shadow Bonds

He moves toward me, but I step back with a smile.

He shakes his head at me but looks a little more relaxed than a moment ago. “Be careful.”

“I’m not the one you should be warning,” I tell him with a confidence I shouldn’t have. But it gets the reaction I was hoping, and he chuckles as I head outside to the forest.

It takes me a couple of minutes, but I eventually find the dickhead leaning against a tree, looking like he hasn’t a worry in the world.

He sees me coming and steps out from the shadowed spot, moving toward me. “You better have found what we’re looking for or?—”

I keep moving and don’t stop until I’m in front of him, punching him in the face, breaking his nose.

Staggering back, he stumbles over a branch and falls to the ground, glaring up at me with nothing but venom in his eyes.

“You’re going to pay for that, you stupid little bitch,” he snarls.

“I’m not the old Sena you knew. Go find someone else to play mind games with.”

He gets to his feet and starts toward me but pauses when I don’t look like I’m about to back down or run off frightened. “You’re different.”

“Glad you noticed. Now get the hell way from me,” I warn him. “I already know you lied about my mates being sent to theVoid, so you have nothing to use on me. Tell dear mother and father they also can go fuck themselves. Preferably far, far away from me. From here on out, I want nothing to do with any of you.” I turn to walk away when he chuckles, making the hairs on my arms stand up.

“You’re going to listen to me, or I’ll tell your little mates and everyone here about the little secret we’ve kept so long for you,” he says with far too much smugness in his tone.

I whip around to him. “What secret?”

He gives me a vicious smile in reply, and it crawls down my back like ice.

“We were paid so much money to hide you and what you are.” His eyes flicker to mine, and I try to mask the spear of shock that rushes through me. “You’re not actually blood related to us,” he reveals.

“Thank fuck,” I tell him, and he glares at me.

“You don’t belong here,” he says, and I freeze.

“What do you mean? Are you trying to tell me I don’t have any Shadow DNA?” Because my shield and other strange abilities would beg to differ.

He rolls his eyes. “You do. But it’s notthisacademy you belong to.”

Relief fills me. “It doesn’t matter. I’m here now. So, take your?—”

He whips out a vial with sparkling water and flings some of the water on me.

“What was…” I start, but gasp when a slicing pain shoots from my back just before huge white wings slice two large cuts through my top and fan out around me.

Wings… I have wings. They’re beautiful. Soft and feathery. But also fucking large and heavy.

“As you can see, you have wings.” The dick points out as I stare at them in silent shock.

“Why did they send me here? Why not send me to the other academy from the start?” I ask, while trying not to spiral into a pit of panic.

He shrugs, his expression indifferent. “We were told to.”

“By who?” I press, hoping for some type of information that’s useful.

“We don’t know, nor do we care.” He sprinkles me with the vial of sparkly water again, and I gasp as the wings retract and slide back into my back, disappearing once more.

“You think your mates won’t care if they find out you belong with their enemies?” he asks.

Not only will they care, but it will also probably destroy them.

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