Chapter 274

• Jade
• Magic practice with Damien is definitely not at the top of my list of things I thought I’d be doing today. In fact, it wasn’t even in the top thousand. But here we are, standing in the middle of the field behind his cabin, and I’m about to bare one of the most vulnerable parts of myself in front of the last person I ever imagined would see it.
• I take a deep breath and fidget under the weight of his gaze. He’s watching me like he always does—intense, focused, like nothing else in the world matters except whatever’s happening in this moment. It’s unnerving, especially when I know exactly how much I’ve struggled to control my magic in the past. I’ve never had anyone around to teach me, given my parents never even told me I was part witch, so I’ve been figuring this out on the fly.