Supernatural Academy: Year Two (Supernatural Academy, #2)

by Jaymin Eve

Axl’s face went red, and he slammed his lips closed. “I can’t tell you. But I promise, it’s for your own safety. Please trust us.” He looked over his shoulder then. “I’ve got to go,” he said quickly. “I just needed to see you one last time.”

Fury and pain … my old friends.

Asher on an instinctual level.

More than the physical. The emotional was the strongest part. It was his sharp wit and intelligence, his gentle touch and kind eyes that I missed. His very bad attempt at sexting and the late night swims where we pushed until our limbs were so heavy we could barely drag ourselves from the pool. That was what I missed. That was what I mourned.

he never made any move to approach me. It was slowly killing me.

But for a change, they weren’t tears of despair. It was … reverence.

gone. For a moment, I had a sense that I could do this. I could be strong enough to survive without him. I’d never wanted to be the woman defined by a man, and while I still wholeheartedly believed in love, maybe having a love as strong as ours was too dangerous. I could not lose myself. Not right when I was coming to learn who Maddison James truly

My speed picked up as I felt a renewed determination to learn magic, fight the gods, and live happily-the-fuck-ever-after, even if I did that alone. I had my best girlfriends, and sometimes they were more my soulmates than any dude could hope to be.

Something new is in here. Something to fear.

His feet were bare, his skin glowing golden, and I wanted to punch him straight in the dick. Fucking asshole.

I flipped him off and kept walking. Fuck that. Fuck that to hell and back.

At minimum, I was going to be able to punch Asher without breaking my own hand.

“Change is inevitable. We must learn to change with the ones we want in our life.”

but we were all doing such a fantastic job of ignoring each other that I’d have hated to be the one to end that.

Jesse had been my rock when I lost Asher; we’d held each other together. But he’d chosen, and it hadn’t been me, and I would show no mercy.

“That wasn’t very nice, sweetheart,” Jesse said.

Jesse started to speak but I cut him off with a “Fuck you” before I left the room and didn’t bother to look back.

“we will drink and dance and have a shit-ton of fun, and not for one second will we think about any Atlanteans.”

“I’ll get the faerie wine,” Ilia said. “In three hours, none of us will remember our names, let alone theirs.”

“Look what the muthafucking cat dragged in,”

Doesn’t matter. I don’t need him.

Like one huge conspiracy that I couldn’t escape, the music changed again to something slow and melodic, a song of love. Or even a … a lost love.

“You look beautiful,” he said softly, and fuck if my traitorous heart didn’t ache at hearing those words from him again.

stronger than one man’s compliments to me. Not to mention, they weren’t even meant for me. Okay, that pissed me off.

Duck… Yep, not autocorrect, I was literally trying to focus on ducks. Squawky little fuckers. Always ganging up and shitting everywhere. Fucking hate ducks. Don’t deserve to share the water with the other amazing animals in it.

Fuck. Why did this affect me so much? It hurt, and at the same time I desperately wanted it. I wanted Asher more than I wanted… Fuck.

I punched him.

our height difference made it hard for me to straight shot the bastard like he deserved.

How dare he? He’d kissed me not knowing it was me! He kissed another chick, basically, after everything we’d been through, and I hadn’t even wanted to touch myself because it felt fucking disloyal.

I hated him. “Maddison James,” he said, his voice cutting through the noise of the party.

“Baby, stop,” he said, reaching out to me. “Please. I can explain.”

My head was spinning, because this was my Asher. The Asher I loved more than anything. But my Asher died months ago, and I couldn’t trust this new stranger who wore his face.

“I would know you anywhere,” he said softly. “In the dark. In disguise.

When we leave

this world and enter the next. There is literally not a place that you can exist where I ...

Motherfucker. The burn of tears had me blinking rapidly t...

“I don’t know what game you’re playing today, Asher Locke, but I have no time for it. As far as I’m concerned, my Asher died months ago.”

“Yeah, we would have been here sooner, but Ilia gave Asher a piece of her mind first.”

Ilia muttered bastard under her breath. I adored her loyalty.

“He kissed me,” I said softly. “He actually kissed me after everything that he’s put me through over the last few months. Like … one kiss could erase it all.”

His words were burned into my brain. “He said he would know me anywhere. Even in death, we would find each other.”

“It hurt so much when I thought he had kissed me not knowing who I was. Like he was cheating on me. But it might actually hurt worse that he did know it was me. We’ve got too much damage between us for him to just jump in with a kiss.”

I might not stop at one punch. “I’m proud of you,” Ilia said suddenly, shocking me. “I know how hard it must have been to have him touch you like that, but you didn’t cave. You fought back. You showed him how strong you are now.”

But I’d been in a dark place like this before, and I had come out stronger on the other side. This would not beat me.

Jesse cared too deeply for Maddison, but I couldn’t fault him. He’d been there for her multiple times when I couldn’t, and in my heart I knew he was probably a more stable mate for her. If I were a better supe, I’d give her up for Jesse. But I couldn’t do it. Not even for Maddison. I was just too fucking selfish, and I needed her. I craved her. She was mine.

“I made a mistake,” I admitted roughly. “She just looked so beautiful tonight, and … happy.

“My weakness is Maddison. It alwa...

“In truth, I’m not sure I can keep this up any longer. By protecting her, I’m also destroying her. Destroying us both. Galindra warned me that I could never have a mate, because my loyalty would only ever be to her. She wants...

I fucking love her. Living without her like this is worse than death.”

an eternity walking this earth without my mate was not something I would even consider. Not for a single second.