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Threatening

Harper had been rehearsing what she wanted to say to her rooainst the wall of their dorm room, Harper knew she was in trouble

It had only been six days ago that Harperand evenover herself to help Harper unpack and assuring her that they’d be “total BFFs” by the end of the se in a never-ending strea under the sun

But then Harper had turned around and rushed back to Capri the very next day, when all hell had broken loose with her sister, her boyfriend, and the sirens

When Harper had been hit with an intense panic last week, Liv had followed her out to the car She kept insisting that she ride back with Harper to ht, and Harper practically had to push Liv out of the car

She couldn’t explain the psychic bond she shared with Gemma, let alone the monsters aited her back in Capri, so she couldn’t let Liv go with her

That was how Harper had left Liv—standing out in the pouring rain, desperate to be her friend And she returned to so completely different

Liv slept soundly all day long— all her classes Then she’d stu to sleep, banging things and y

Harper didn’t want to tell Liv what to do, but she couldn’t keepso much sleep

By Tuesday, she’d finally thought she’d co it over and over in her head as she walked up to the dor the door, Harper was deter Liv

It was only a little after noon, and Harper had figured that Liv would probably still be sleeping So it ith some surprise that Harper discovered that her roouest

Wearing only her paja on her bed Harper averted her eyes as soon as she realized that Liv wasn’t coh to realize that Liv wasout with him more ferociously than she’d ever seen before

Both Liv and Harper had loft beds, so they were located on top bunks with their desks below That uy frouy’s jeans and a T-shirt rueither

“Oh, sorry,” Harper said quickly, and turned around, atteht you were alone”

“Get out,” Liv hissed, and there was an edge to her voice that Harper hadn’t heard before

The feords they’d exchanged the past couple of days contained a sweetness in the entirely venomous

“Yeah, sorry, I will, but I just need to grab my chem book” Harper hurried over to the desk underneath her loft bed and searched for her textbook

Part of the reason she’d chosen now to have the conversation with Liv was that she needed to come back to the room to switch books for her afternoon classes

“Hurry up,” Liv snapped

“I’,” Harper assured her

She dropped her backpack onto the desk chair so it’d be easier for her to look Nor was in its place, but now that she was trying to get out of here, her book had vanished