Twice Bitten (New Moon #1)

by Belle Harper

I had been in my room for the last hour just thinking, something I should really stop doing. I was worried about Raff, and I was worried about school. I didn’t want to be part of whatever the assholes at school were playing at. The weird stalking shit, it needed to end, and it would tomorrow. I let them have today, since I didn’t want to draw attention, but tomorrow…fuck them. I heard Raff’s door open. I rolled over, trying to stop myself from getting up. He was fine, Jack said he was when Raff didn’t show at dinner. I rolled over again, then again, until I gave up and flipped the covers off. I had on a tank top and the sleep pants I got from Shelly, and I had thrown my bra off hours ago. I took the elastic band from my wrist and pulled my hair up into a messy bun. Then I slowly padded barefoot across my dimly lit bedroom and unlocked the door. The lock was loud. Shit. I could see the bathroom light was on and the door wide open. I snuck down the hall to see…you know, to make sure he was fine. I didn’t know why I cared so much about him. Okay, that was a lie. I peered in and could see Raff slumped over the basin. He was topless and only wearing tight black boxers. I bit my lip to stop myself from speaking. I could see all of his tattoos. He was covered in ink head to toe, and they even went all the way under his boxers. I wondered if everything was covered in tattoos. Oh man, my mind was going places it probably shouldn’t right now. Is he crying? Bandages covered his shoul...