I grinned slowly behind her.
Progress.
At least she was talking to me.
“You almost killed yourself on the sidewalk trying to run away from us.”
“That is an exaggeration.”
“You were one badly placed pebble away from eating concrete.”
Silence.
Then Penny snorted loudly from the other side of the room.
Interesting. I could have an ally after all.
Persefone muttered something under her breath that sounded suspiciously like:
“I hate all of you.”
Impossible.
Samael already loved her way too f*****g much for that.
And honestly?
So did I.
When the bell finally rang I didn’t waste a single heartbeat.
The second Persefone started standing up I moved first, reaching her desk before she could escape again.
Cute attempt though.
I grabbed her backpack before she could stop me and shov
