hey were there, looking at me with obvious concern on their faces. They had both seen the way Nathan had st

, casting furtive glances around him, a

not right away. Speaking about it out loud seemed

lied, but even I didn'

a look that was both worried and protective. "You saw where he is, right? He follows yo

ll get through it. It's j

cted. "This guy is shady, and he follows you around like a preda

e we can talk to someone about it, rig

you could ignore, not when he was this determined. And the more I tried to get aw

im. He was there, at the end of the corridor, as if waiting for me, his dark eyes trained on me. A strange fee

, his piercing gaze fixed on Natha

't even know how to explain it, but he's too powerful

than had something magnetic, threatening, even in his silence

couldn't forget him. At recess, he stood by the cafeteria door, his eyes always looking up at me every time I passed. The looks from the other students didn't help me eith

s we walked to the parking lot after class.

essure on my back. Nathan. I was not mistaken. He was there, about ten steps away, and he was silently o

"What do you want from me? » I asked

I told you, you're mine. » His words were simple, but there

t was as if an invisible force was preventing me from moving away. He stood right in front of me now, his scent enveloping m

from shaking. "Stop following me,

fied smile. "Oh, but that's exactly

g. The more I resisted, the more I felt like I was attracting him without wanting to. It was

cuses to be near me. In the hallways, in the library, even during clas

possessive he was, the more my attraction to him grew, despite myself. It was insane, but I couldn't help it.

om this hold, but the other... the other wanted to discover what he was hiding. Wha

one day, after following me all day, when I ran into hi

not one of your conquests, Nathan," I told him, tryi

ar. "No, you're not a conquest. You are my c

hed something in me that I couldn't control. His words echoed in my head, and