Falling for my greatest Nemesis, Killian Blackwood

el

mpletely shattered. I was barely sleeping, balanc

earful when I went back to the

t up with me outside the libra

haven't slept in

reading the syllabus

ire syllabus?" Conner laug

is midterm, my scholarship is toast. Unlike some p

ades. I charm the profe

distance. He didn't grab my wrist or crowd me. He just talked to me like a norm

rmured. With Conner, I wasn

ed, his eyes shifting past my

a stone pillar, his hands in his pockets, staring straight at me.

ust wrapped his fingers firmly arou

e lea

onner said, his voice steady. "And she doesn

dangerous sound. "What

ough, why do you only show it by pulling girls around? See you at t

et there." His eyes found me. "If you don't show up, I wi

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dents chanting and some betting on

s. He found me in the crowd and gave me a small

d, his breath warm against my skin. "You only look at me. You watch what happens when s

ust nodded. "Please don

He let go of my neck an

d first, landing a quick j

wiped the blood away, a dark

numbers, someone's blood hitting the concrete. I remember not being able to look away even whe

own. He didn'

ocked. "You had a l

he crowd, and walked straight toward m

said, and it wa

d dragged me through the crowd. I stumbled behind him, tea

ied as we hit the co

et onto my head, forced me onto the back of

an isolated cottage. Killian cut the engine. He ripped his helmet off, pulled me off

f his grip. I backed away, my heart hammering. "Yo

th dangerous fire. "He looked at you like he had a right to be there. Yo

illing over my cheeks. I took another step back, but my b

d me like a person! You just

ingle stride. He slammed both hands against t

ng low. His eyes locked onto my lips, then t

ike this. If you were just a toy, I wouldn't want to bu

ce high school? When you've made my life here miserable, and you're talking about safety

t touching mine, a terrifying, suffocat

mb reaching out to wipe a tear from my cheek. "Because