Chapter 13. The First Shift

Erica’s POV

Bryce walks out of my room and gently shuts the door behind him. Reaching up I touch my lips with the tips of my fingers and I can still feel the tingles that Bryce’s kiss left on my mouth. I am stuck between excitement and anger. I just had my first kiss and, frankly, it was amazing. But it was with one of the three people that I despise on this earth. Anger rises like bile in my throat as I think about how Bryce took advantage of me. How dare he kiss me without my permission?

‘One day you may not mind him kissing you,’ the little voice in my head sounds off again.

Closing my eyes tightly I try to make the voice in my head disappear but no matter what I do the voice will not shut up.

‘I wish you would stop trying to shut me out. We are one now,’ the voice protests against me.

The sound of the party that is in full swing in the backyard is loud in my bedroom. Unable to help myself, I look out my window and my eyes zero in on Ace and C