Godfire: The Split Soul

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Kai slammed his fist hard on the door three consecutive times, the sound echoing sharp in the upper hallway.

He paused, turned his ear to the door and the space on the other side, but heard nothing. He turned his head slightly, watching Lena walk toward the main entrance, her heels clicking on the marble floor.

"Jinx!" he called out in a low but heavy voice. He raised his fist and hammered it once more on the wood. "Time is running out."

Inside, Jinx lay on the bed, swimming in the deep waters of her dream. The hammering sound pierced through her dream like an annoyance.

She cracked her eyes open. The world blurred as the morning sun's rays shone on the pink room. She yawned heavily and pulled herself up onto her elbows.

The sheets pooled around her waist as she swung her legs over the side of the bed.

She rubbed her eyes with the back of her palms, smearing the remains of sleep away. She inhaled and exhaled deeply, then stretched herself.

A soft pop echoed as her bones twanged inside her skin. She walked toward the door, wrapped her finger around the lock, then twisted it to the right, unlocking it.

She swung it open, then blinked twice when she saw Kai standing there, his black and blue messy hair combed.

"What do you want?" she asked in a voice filled with sleep, then walked back toward the bed. She threw herself onto it with a soft groan, burying herself in the pillow.

"For real?" Kai asked, frowning. He watched her settle back into the blankets. "Are you going back to sleep?" He stepped into the room without waiting for an invitation and stopped beside her bed.

He tapped on her leg. "It's almost 7:30, and you want to sleep again?"

Jinx grunted, the sound muffled in the pillow. She pulled herself onto her elbow, her white hair cascading around her shoulders. "You're lying. It's not even 6:00 yet."

Her left arm stretched toward the small table beside her bed. Her fingers patted the surface blindly for her phone, which she normally threw there after late-night scrolling.

She dragged it over when her fingers found it, and pressed the power button, letting the screen light up.

Her eyes widened. "7:40?!" she gasped, the sleep vanishing in an instant.

She rushed from the bed, dashed past Kai, while her mind screamed at her. Late, late. She pulled the hem of her oversized sleep gown up and removed it over her head in a swift motion.

She tossed it aside, then hooked her thumbs into the waistband of her panty, then pushed them down also—her legs stepping out of them.

She stood there, naked, her bare skin glistening in the morning sun's rays, forgetting she wasn't alone.

After a minute, she dashed toward the bathroom, swung the door open, and shut it behind her with a soft click.

Kai stood there frozen. 'What's wrong with her? Didn't she see me here?' An awkward feeling of discomfort filled him when he felt his cock slightly rising.

Though she was gone, the brief, unthinkable glimpse of her seared into his mind: the curve of her back, the watery ass, and the dangling big breasts.

He forced his head toward the open window and locked his gaze on the slow-moving clouds. He tried to scrub the image from his thoughts, but it was impossible.

After five minutes, the bathroom door swung open. Steam billowed out, carrying the scent of floral soap.

Jinx exited the same way she had entered, water glistening on her skin and tracing tiny paths down her neck, over her collarbone, and along the shape of her breasts.

Droplets beaded on her stomach and thighs, once trickling a slow path toward the neatly shaved pink V between her legs.

She took two steps into the room before her brain caught up. Her eyes snapped to Kai, who was still firmly looking out the window.

"Brat, leave!" she screamed, one hand flying to cover her breasts, the other slapping down over her pelvis.

Kai turned and exited the room in a flash, then pulled the door shut behind him. He stood in the hallway for a while, an uncontrollable smile spreading across his face.

'Nah, I shouldn't be thinking about having a sexual affair with her.' He shook his head, laughing silently.

The laughter followed him even as he descended the stairs.

"Where is she? And why are you smiling uncontrollably?" Lena asked in a dry tone as she watched Kai approach.

She stood by the entrance, her cream-colored dress shimmering as the rays of the sun shone through the transparent door.

Her eyes rolled past him, scanning the upper part of the stairs. 'Did he see her nakedness this time, too?' she wondered.

"She is dressing, so I left," Kai stated in a careful tone. He walked over to the couch and sat down where he'd left his black hoodie.

He leaned back into the soft cushions, closed his eyes, and let out a long breath. Jinx's form, however, replayed in his mind like a movie clip he hadn't asked to see.

'I now know why other guys get crazy when they see her,' another unbelieving puff of laughter escaping him.

After ten more minutes, Jinx descended the stairs, dressed in a tight, short red dress that barely covered her thighs.

She hung a small bag on her left arm. "I'm done," she said, stopping at the base of the stairs. "Let's go."

"Let's go where?" Lena grated in a tight voice. She looked Jinx up and down, her own expression shifting from expectation to pure disgust.

"Don't tell me you're following us in that." She pointed a finger at the dress as if it were something long discarded.

Jinx's confident expression faltered and was replaced by confusion. "Why? What's wrong with this?"

"Go back and change," Lena commanded in a voice that left no room for argument. She grabbed her handbag from the couch. "Else you won't follow us. You're not taking that to a college administration office. It's disrespectful."