Staking His Claim

Vivienne’s POV

By the time we blended into the small group gathering near the main lobby for the campus tour, I was practically humming with the possibilities. My fingers stayed laced with Valentin’s, and I caught him glancing at me from time to time as if he could feel the way my mood was changing, like sunlight breaking through gray clouds.

The tour guide, a petite girl with bouncy curls and a