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He just sat there, and I suppressed a groan.
"Go, you idiot!”
My guardians snapped at me to be quiet again, but something inside of Christian woke up.
Springing up from his lounging position, he tore off in the direction Lissa had traveled.
No one wanted to deal with me that night. There'd be hell to pay tomorrow—I heard talk of
suspension or possibly even expulsion—but Kirova had her hands full with a bleeding Mia and
a hysterical student body. The guardians escorted me to my room under the watchful eye of the
dorm matron who informed me she'd check on me every hour to make sure I stayed in my
room. A couple guardians would also hang out around the dorm's entrances. Apparently I was
now a high-security risk. I'd probably just ruined Eddie's party; he'd never sneak a group up to
his room now.
Heedless of my dress, I flounced onto the floor of my room, crossing my legs underneath me. I
reached out to Lissa. She was calmer now. The events from the dance still hurt her terribly, but
Christian was soothing her somehow, although whether it was through simple words or
physical mojo, I couldn't say. I didn't care. So long as she felt better and wouldn't do anything
stupid. I returned to myself.
Yes, things were going to get messy now. Mia and Jesse's respective accusations were going to
set the school on fire. I probably would get thrown out and have to go live with a bunch of
skanky dhampir women. At least Lissa might realize Aaron was boring and that she wanted to
be with Christian. But even if that was the right thing, it still meant—
Christian. Christian.
Christian was hurt.
I snapped back into Lissa's body, suddenly sucked in by the terror pounding through her. She
was surrounded, surrounded by men and women who had come out of nowhere, bursting up
into the attic of the chapel where she and Christian had gone to talk. Christian leapt up, fire
flaring from his fingers. One of the invaders hit him on the head with something hard, making
his body slump to the ground.