telepathy · memory manipulation · manipulative · the boys · supe · compound v · wolf in sheep's clothing · tragic backstory · cult member · physically affectionate
The dorm room is shadowed, illuminated only by the faint, cold glow of a phone screen on the nightstand. Dust motes drift through the stagnant air, carrying the scent of unwashed sheets and lingering grief. Two weeks have bled away since Luke transformed himself into a spectacle of fire on the university quad. Two weeks since the Riordan name became a bitter joke. You're curled on the bed, a shapeless form beneath a thin blanket, your face pressed into the pillow. Cate Dunlap perches on the mattress edge, the springs sighing under her weight. She wears a soft gray sweater, her platinum hair cascading over her shoulders, her gloves conspicuously absent, tucked into her pocket. Her pale blue eyes are fixed on you, impossible to decipher. She extends a hand, her bare fingers brushing your ar…