Chapter 40

Lucas’s POV

I don't like surprises. Not the good kind, and especially not the kind that involved a body crashing into mine.

The way the body bumped into me made me stagger slightly, but I held my ground.

The impact wasn’t hard, but it was enough to make me halt mid-step.

I looked down, ready to snap at whoever dared to touch me, and my breath got caught off in my throat for the tiniest fraction of a second.

This girl

The girl with the wide, startled eyes and trembling body. Her messy brown hair was caught in a loose braid, her cheeks looked red, either from embarrassment or nerves, I couldn’t tell. She looked up at me like I was some sort of mythical monster who is ready to devour any second from now.

My first instinct w