Chapter One
“Hold it! Please hold the elevator!” I yelled as I ran across the lobby as the elevator doors began to close. I was running late for my first class of the day. The man inside reached out and stuck his hand between the closing doors causing them to spring back open. “Thanks” I muttered, out of breathe, smiling at him politely. His lips turned up slightly in a grin but he did not respond. I looked him out of the corner of my eye as we road down several floors in silence. His hair was dark and disheveled, and tattoos ran out from under his t-shirt sleeves. His eyes were impossibly green and I could not look away. As the bell dung and the doors popped open two campus security guards stood on the other side. The handsome person bolted through them, knocking one to the ground. I pressed my hands against the back wall of the elevator car trying to figure out what had just happened. The one guard pulled the other to his feet and they gave chase, screaming after him to stop.
I made my way to class unable to stop thinking about those blazing green eyes. My phone rang as I reached the doors to History.
“Did you hear what happened in the dorm this morning?” Taylor asked, sounding incredibly enthusiastic.
“What do you mean?” I asked backing away from the entrance as people milled through the doors.
“Some guy got in a fight and beat the shit out of like three people. Everyone around campus is talking about it.” She was entirely too excited. My mind went back to the stranger in the elevator and my heart began to beat faster.
“I haven’t talked to anyone. I stayed up studying until 3 a.m. for that bio quiz.” I could almost hear her rolling her eyes.
“Before college is over we need to get you a life. You’re missing out on the best parts!”
“We’ve talked about this.” I said, pulling open the doors to the classroom and making my way to my seat. “I have to go.”
“Wait! There is a dollar beer night tonight at Filly’s.”
“Not a chance” I rolled my eyes and flipped through my notes from last night.
“Just think about it.”
“I’ll consider it.” I rolled my eyes again and hung the phone up before she could go on. I had absolutely no intention of going out with her tonight. I needed every waking moment I could spare to catch up on work I had missed while visiting back home. My mother had had a cancer scare and I spent several weeks with her helping her sort out the ordeal. We were all each other had in this world and when she needed me, I dropped everything to be by her side. It was the scariest time of my life.
By the time I had finished my last class I was barely hanging on to consciousness. I made my way back to my room. I lay across my bed and pulled out my notes from today. My phone lit up and I slid it under my pillow.
“Not now” I said under my breath as I flipped through the pages.
“Sinthia I can hear your phone from out here!” Taylor yelled from the other side of my dorm room door. I had met Taylor during freshman orientation. She and I were polar opposites. Her hair was dirty blonde and wildly curly, she cursed like a sailor and every boy in the school fawned over her like helpless puppies. For some reason she was determined to drag me along to every adventure college had to offer.
“Shit” I muttered under my breath and got up to answer it. She stood with her hands on her hips, tapping her foot.
“You’ve been avoiding my calls.” Her eyes narrowed as she crossed her arms over her chest. I rolled my eyes and walked back to my bed.
“I have to study.”
“You have to take a break before you wither up and die in this god forsaken place.”
“That’s dramatic,” I said dryly.
“One drink, I’m not asking you to burn bibles in the middle of campus. Just have some fun for once.” She waited for me to answer. I knew she was right. She just wanted me to have
“Hold it! Please hold the elevator!” I yelled as I ran across the lobby as the elevator doors began to close. I was running late for my first class of the day. The man inside reached out and stuck his hand between the closing doors causing them to spring back open. “Thanks” I muttered, out of breathe, smiling at him politely. His lips turned up slightly in a grin but he did not respond. I looked him out of the corner of my eye as we road down several floors in silence. His hair was dark and disheveled, and tattoos ran out from under his t-shirt sleeves. His eyes were impossibly green and I could not look away. As the bell dung and the doors popped open two campus security guards stood on the other side. The handsome person bolted through them, knocking one to the ground. I pressed my hands against the back wall of the elevator car trying to figure out what had just happened. The one guard pulled the other to his feet and they gave chase, screaming after him to stop.
I made my way to class unable to stop thinking about those blazing green eyes. My phone rang as I reached the doors to History.
“Did you hear what happened in the dorm this morning?” Taylor asked, sounding incredibly enthusiastic.
“What do you mean?” I asked backing away from the entrance as people milled through the doors.
“Some guy got in a fight and beat the shit out of like three people. Everyone around campus is talking about it.” She was entirely too excited. My mind went back to the stranger in the elevator and my heart began to beat faster.
“I haven’t talked to anyone. I stayed up studying until 3 a.m. for that bio quiz.” I could almost hear her rolling her eyes.
“Before college is over we need to get you a life. You’re missing out on the best parts!”
“We’ve talked about this.” I said, pulling open the doors to the classroom and making my way to my seat. “I have to go.”
“Wait! There is a dollar beer night tonight at Filly’s.”
“Not a chance” I rolled my eyes and flipped through my notes from last night.
“Just think about it.”
“I’ll consider it.” I rolled my eyes again and hung the phone up before she could go on. I had absolutely no intention of going out with her tonight. I needed every waking moment I could spare to catch up on work I had missed while visiting back home. My mother had had a cancer scare and I spent several weeks with her helping her sort out the ordeal. We were all each other had in this world and when she needed me, I dropped everything to be by her side. It was the scariest time of my life.
By the time I had finished my last class I was barely hanging on to consciousness. I made my way back to my room. I lay across my bed and pulled out my notes from today. My phone lit up and I slid it under my pillow.
“Not now” I said under my breath as I flipped through the pages.
“Sinthia I can hear your phone from out here!” Taylor yelled from the other side of my dorm room door. I had met Taylor during freshman orientation. She and I were polar opposites. Her hair was dirty blonde and wildly curly, she cursed like a sailor and every boy in the school fawned over her like helpless puppies. For some reason she was determined to drag me along to every adventure college had to offer.
“Shit” I muttered under my breath and got up to answer it. She stood with her hands on her hips, tapping her foot.
“You’ve been avoiding my calls.” Her eyes narrowed as she crossed her arms over her chest. I rolled my eyes and walked back to my bed.
“I have to study.”
“You have to take a break before you wither up and die in this god forsaken place.”
“That’s dramatic,” I said dryly.
“One drink, I’m not asking you to burn bibles in the middle of campus. Just have some fun for once.” She waited for me to answer. I knew she was right. She just wanted me to have
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