Chapter 23

After the boys had left my room, I went through my bag and pulled out my favorite book, Night Flame, by Catherine Hart. I sat back in my chair by the window, prepared to spend the rest of the afternoon reading when a shiver ran down my spine. I jumped out of my seat and spun around to see a pair of yellow eyes glowing in the corner of the room. As those eyes drew closer to me, I realized that it was Simon, the fae that came to warn me the other day.

“Hi,” I said, keeping my voice low so the others wouldn’t hear.

“Hello, Ryan, may I speak with you, please?”

“Sure, hang on one sec, okay?” I dashed over to the other side of the bed and grabbed my iPod so I could plug it into the speaker. With that going, if anyone went past my room, they wouldn’t hear us talking. As I set the iPod to play, the song that started was one of my favorites, Frankie J’s song, “O