It was three and a half hours later when I decided class was done. I could have gone a few more hours, but Alissa’s face was starting to turn a bad shade of pale. I guess I just got so excited about my first day back that I didn’t really notice how exhausted I was as well.
The rush of it… the harsh beating of my heart, the sweat tricking down my face.
I missed it.
Even if being here hurts.
Maybe it’s for the best that Grim wants to go somewhere new. I could start over... somewhere not haunted by the memories I still ache for.
Speaking of Grim, he stood in the corner of the dance studio the entire time, blocking the entrance with his body to make sure no one— particularly my old dance partner— could look in.
“You did well today,” I complimented Alissa, who was leaning against the gra
