Niko POV
F*ck! F*ck, f*ck, f*ck!
I have never lost it like that at my ma. And in front of Calli as well. She must think I am so disrespectful and…goddess only knows what she thinks of me now. I was torn between going back in there and apologising to them both or running into the woods to bury myself in the shame I felt. The guilt consumed me as I knew how much my outburst would have hurt my mother and then I just left Calli to deal with it. To deal with her. I had to go back.
I turned on my heels, as I trudged back through the thick forest towards the village. I was almost at the entrance of the woodland, when the wind wafted that delicious scent right under my nose.
“Top of your class, huh?” That seductive voice as smooth as silk had me frozen on the spot. I turned my head to the righ
