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vibes they were giving off, I felt like they were both angry at me.

“I know what happened between you and Seth,” the incubus cut straight to the chase.

I looked at him with wide eyes. “What are you talking about?”

“You kissed him!”

“Oh.” I thought for a second. How was I supposed to play this out? In year one, they’d both placed a bet about who’d be the first to sleep with me. They’d played me. And now I was supposed to believe that they were for real? Everything in their demeanor said that yes, they had been concerned about me, and they did like me. After all, they’d been the only ones who’d visited me at the Karmic Asylum, besides Adrian. That said something about how they felt about me, right? I needed to believe that because there weren’t many things I believed in these days… “We did more than kiss.” I decided to be honest and see what happened.

“What the fuck?” Davien was outraged.

“Sorry mate,” Seth said sarcastically. “I guess she likes me more than she likes you.”

I rolled my eyes and stood up. Corri was all ears. By this time, she was starting to catch up to my relationship with the incubus and the sphinx. And for sure, she hadn’t forgotten about Adrian, my PE professor. Well, she’d been through something similar before. After all, Mila had ended up dating four guys. If nothing else, I was being modest with three.

“Stop that,” I said in a firm, no-bullshit voice. “I don’t like either of you better. You’re both alright, and I like you both equally.”

“Alright?” Davien laughed. “We’re alright?”

“Does that mean you’re not upset about that stupid bet anymore?” Seth sounded hopeful.

I sighed as I tried to make my way out of there. Neither of them was willing to let me pass, so I resorted to jumping over the bench.

“Water under the bridge,” I said, although I could feel my stomach churn at the thought I’d proved to be a bad judge of character in the past, so what made me know better now? “You visited me in that awful place. It means a lot to me. You care, so… I care about you, too.”

“You care about both of us.”

I was finally free, on the other side of the bench. Corri came to sit on my shoulder.

“Yes,” I nodded.

Seth ran a hand through his black hair. He was frustrated, and it showed.

Davien crossed his arms over his chest. “You have to choose.”

I laughed. “Say what?”

“You have to choose,” he repeated. “You can’t be with both of us.”

I looked over at Seth. The sphinx let out a sigh.

“Yeah, I agree. You have to choose. I can’t… share you with him.”

“And if you were to share me with someone else?” Not that I was going to tell them about Adrian, but it didn’t hurt to test the waters.

Seth turned to me, determination turning his blue eyes a shade darker. “I don’t want to share you with anyone. Ever.”

“Duly noted,” I said. After a moment of silence, I turned on my heels and threw over my shoulder: “I’m not in the mood to choose, so… figure it out amongst yourselves.”

I walked out of the dining room and started toward the MDC tower. I needed to get into my uniform and check my class schedule.

“Jerks,” Corri muttered. “I can’t believe you’re into them.”

“Mila was into four jerks too, as far as I know. Still is.”

Corri groaned. “Never liked Sariel, GC, Pazuzu, and Francis either. Well, maybe not Francis. He’s okay.”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s not like I’m going to marry them.”

“Fingers crossed. Because you deserve better, Mistress. You do.”

I couldn’t help but smile. “Thank you.”

CHAPTER SEVEN

On my first day back at the Academy, classes were nothing special. Anthropology with Mrs. Po, Anatomy of Souls with Mr. Lesage, History with Mrs. Morgan, and I didn’t even pay attention to the rest. My last class was Psychology with Headmaster Colin himself, and at the end, he took me aside.

“How are you feeling, Yolanda?”

“I’m good. Thank you for covering the expenses with the Karmic Asylum. I actually wanted to talk to you about paying you back.”

He waved me off. “Nonsense. You and your cousin have done so much for Grim Reaper Academy and so much more for the supernatural world. It all came out of Academy funds, and it wasn’t that much. Please don’t concern yourself with this. It was the least I could do. The least this institution could do to pay you back for