Chapter 40. Taken

Ash’s POV

I give up when I realize I’ve been going over the same line for the past ten minutes. I sigh as I look up from my textbook and flit my eyes across my environment.

Library environment — Check.

Quiet atmosphere — Check.

Textbooks and notes — Check.

Concentration — Uncheck.

For the life of me, I can’t seem to concentrate on a single word and that’s bad for me because in less than an hour, I’ve got my first set of tests and school will close thereafter for a short break. t’s not like I’m going to fail if I don’t read. I go over my notes every day, but I’m a stickler for repetition. I need to know I’ve got every last detail into my system and not go chewing my pen during the test.

Perhaps the problem is because I haven’t heard a word from Ash ever since he travelled and it’s toying with my mind. He said it would take only a few days. Three days tops, he had said, but it’s been over a week now, and there’s still no commu