AIDAN

I clenched my teeth, shutting out his presence and Theo’s damn presence too. I don’t know how many hours I spent out there, almost naked under the storm… just thinking…

I needed to feel her warmth again, to remember our bond, to search for that blackberry scent her body used to have… and now only reeked of death.

I walked back through the halls like a ghost, like I had so many nights before.

Hiding my presence, I stood in front of her bedroom door—the one she hardly let me into any