I should have gone straight to my room after Elena left with my body, but my thoughts were running too fast to sit still. The almost kiss had rattled something deep inside me. It was like stepping too close to the edge of a cliff and realizing the fall might feel more like flying.

I tried to shake it off. I needed to focus. I needed to keep Elena safe. I needed to pretend I was her. There was no room inside my head for anything else. Not the heat that still hummed through my chest. Not the way ...