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first.”
    “I could kill her for this!” she roared, and thunder crashed outside. It was one thing to hurt her, but now the monster was trying to hurt Adin.
    River smiled wickedly. “Maybe you don’t need to control your emotions at all. Maybe you need to just embrace your abilities and let whatever consequences just happen.”
    She smiled and felt herself calming back down. “Seriously, I know Lissa told you that your mom wouldn’t wait to destroy me, she’d take whatever chances she could. It doesn’t make sense for her to sidestep her main objective.”
    “Who’s saying she’s sidestepping? I’m sure if she’s the one behind this, then she is fully aware of her motives.”
    “Well, we need to find out for sure.”
    The bell rang and Legacy grabbed her things and headed down the bleachers.
    “I’ll see what I can come up with,” River said.
    She nodded, thrilled River wanted to help. “And I need to learn everything about Venus too.” That, she definitely wanted to find out. She was sure researching about her would help her keep her sanity.
    “Okay,” River said as he nodded in agreement.
    Calli came toward them, so Legacy turned and headed her way. Then she looked over her shoulder at River. “Thank you,” she said as she turned around and kept walking.
    His words, “Anything for you,” blanketed her.
    Legacy didn’t look back.
     

Chapter Three
     
    “You look really beautiful,” Adin said as he hugged Legacy after school. He’d been waiting for her when she’d gotten home. And seeing him always brought a smile to her face.
    Yep. She was definitely turning into a sap.
    “Thanks. Calli helped me pick this out for our first day of school.”
    Adin leaned down so that his lips were at her ear. “Remind me to thank her later.” He chuckled as he rubbed his nose on the side of her face. Then he walked her into the house and put her bag on the counter.
    “I’m going to put on some shorts. I’ll be right back down.” She ran upstairs and changed as quickly as she could. When she got back downstairs, Adin was sitting on the couch. She walked over and sat right beside him.
    “So,” he said slowly. “Do you have any classes with River?” He put his hand on her knee.
    She sighed. Of course he’d want to know that. “Yeah, I have four with him. Well, three technically, but we’re in the gym together last period too.”
    “Four.” He nodded. “That’s a lot.”
    “Uh-huh.” She should have known he wouldn’t like this, but she hadn’t really considered that.
    “I’m sure he enjoyed today,” Adin mumbled.
    “Adin,” she whispered, shaking her head. “You knew he would be going to my school.”
    “I know. I still don’t have to like it, though. He’s going to use this opportunity to his advantage.”
    “Well, you’re probably right. He did walk me to all my classes and hugged me a couple of times,” she confessed.
    Adin looked at the ceiling, shaking his head. “Did he do anything else?”
    Uh-oh. “Yeah,” she whispered. “He…ummm…he stroked my cheek once, but I pulled his hand down and told him to stop.”
    Adin took a deep breath and grunted as he exhaled. “Right,” he said, still looking at the ceiling.
    “Adin.” She put her hand on his face and tilted it in her direction. “He was only trying to console me. I was telling him about Venus and—”
    “You what ?” Adin yelled. “Why, Legacy? Why would you tell him that?” He lurched off the couch and stomped to window, placing his hands on the sills and leaning to support himself.
    “He knew I was upset about something, and he wanted me to tell him what was wrong.”
    “ Legacy !” Adin shook his head, still looking out the window. He was obviously angry with her, but she didn’t understand why.
    Her teeth clenched, and she glared at his black. “What, Adin? Did you not want me to tell him? You didn’t ask me not to.”
    Adin turned around to face her and crossed his arms over his chest. “I