OSWIN's POV
It took everything in me not to jump on Brad and rip his head off. If and only if I were in Aldous, accoutred with swords and magical power, this rich man would find himself being carried inside a corpse bag. Too bad there wasn't even a corpse bag in Aldous. He would have been wheeled to the graveyard or thrown into the forest to feed hungry wild animals.
You should be glad I am in the human realm right now, Brad, I thought to myself, eyeing the man in question up and down without blinking.
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ELENA's POV
When my eyes landed on Oswin, my entire body went jittery. I knew I shouldn't, but my head wouldn't stop feeding me guilt.
Is it wrong for me to kiss my date? Did the kiss count as cheating? I asked myself. It definitely isn't, right? Because Oswin and I are just...
