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Arabella opened her book. “Cool,” she said as she stabbed the pen into my thigh.

She was electrocuted.

I lunged and grabbed her twitching form, just barely saving her from falling off the couch. I gaped down at the woman in my arms.

I’d never met anyone so reckless.

Keeping her safe was near impossible. Sun god, she’s a hazard to herself.

“She just stabbed Corvus,” Orion whispered with horror, and Scorpius barked with laughter.

After painfully long minutes where I worried over the physical but mostly mental health of my Revered, she stopped twitching and grinned.

“That was sick.” Her curls stood up around her head as they crackled with electricity.

I snatched the pen out of Arabella’s hand, and a shock leaped where our fingers touched. “Don’t be a brat,” I ordered.

She smirked, and for a second, her gaze caught on my lips. Her pupils expanded, and lust sparked between us.

Abruptly she winced and jolted.

Strange.

Blood trickled down my leg and pride welled in my chest at the force of her stab. I liked that she wasn’t a weak, simpering fool; it was extremely attractive how strong she was.

Scorpius couldn’t stop laughing, and Orion grinned over at her.

Dr. Palmer’s mouth was wide open. The alarm went off, signaling the end of the session, but she didn’t react. She seemed stunned by Arabella’s violence.

We RJE’d away before she could come to her senses.

Entering our barracks, I stared down at the book in my hands labeled, “Journal to Help Facilitate Relations among the Criminally Insane,” and my spirits soared.

Chapter 21

Journal Prompt #1

TRUTH JOURNAL TO HELP FACILITATE RELATIONS AMONG THE CRIMINALLY INSANE

What does a toxic relationship look like to you? How does this relationship make you feel?

Aran Alis Egan

This is fucking stupid, but I can’t sleep, so I’m going to write in this to make it clear how much I hate you.

A toxic “relationship” (this is not a relationship) is whatever I have right now with you three, in case it was not obvious enough.

You’re the worst people I have ever met in my life. You’re unfeeling bullies who hurt others for fun. You need help.

Just thinking about the three of you makes me feel murderous. Other than that, right now I feel nothing but a mountain of nihilism with a smidgeon of self-deprecation.

Side note: Sun god, these pens have a serious truth enchantment. I couldn’t have put it better if I tried.

Corvus Malum

Thank you, Arabella, for taking this seriously.

I will also share my thoughts so we can repair our relationship (you’re right, this is not a simple, pathetic “relationship,” you are my soulmate, which means I would die and kill just to make you smile).