Avian (Dragonrider Chronicles, #2)

by Nicole Conway

Her eyes popped open like she was stunned. I could feel her breath on my face. “Don’t you want to kiss me? It feels good. You’ll like it, I promise.” “No.” I slowly pushed her back away from me. “You know this isn’t right. What about Bren? I thought you liked him?” She scowled. Her chin started trembling. “How can you reject me like this? Like I’m nothing!” Her voice was shaking, and her eyes were glaring right into mine. It felt like I was staring into a churning black abyss. It felt like chaos. “You think just because you’re some big shot dragonrider now, you can toss me aside and have any girl you want? You think the girl who gave you that handkerchief cares about you?” “What are you talking about?” I didn’t understand where all this anger was coming from. I was so bewildered by what she was saying; I didn’t notice she was rearing back to hit me until it was too late. She slapped me hard across the face. “You’re wrong! I’m the only one who will ever care anything about you. It doesn’t matter what job you get, what you look like, or where you go. You’ll always be a halfbreed. No girl will ever love you like I do. You’ll never have anyone. It’s me or no one.”