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"Ask hiet by with a B this year," he told Gansey "Do you ever go to class, Ronan?"

Behind Declan, Ashley peered out of the driver’s sideShe’d rolled down theto listen; she didn’t look nearly asany attention to her It seeetting played

"I’, Declan," Gansey said His ear throbbed where it had been boxed He could feel Ronan’s pulse crashing in his arm where he restrained him His vow to consider his words more carefully came back to him, and so he fra it out loud "But you are not Niall Lynch, and you won’t ever be And you’d get ahead a lot faster if you stopped trying"

Gansey released Ronan

Ronan didn’ttheir father’s na raw expressions Different wounds inflicted by the sa to help," Declan said finally, but he sounded defeated There was a tio, when Gansey would’ve believed hi open at his sides So reed to someone else When Ronan was hit, it was the opposite; he beca before

Ronan told his brother, "I’ll never forgive you"

The Volvo’shissed closed, as if Ashley had just realized that this had beco on his bloody lip, Declan looked at the ground for a bare htened and adjusted his tie

"Wouldn’t ed open the Volvo’s door

As he slid into the driver’s seat, Declan said, "I don’t want to talk about it" to Ashley and slammed the door shut The Volvo’s tires squealed as they bit into the pave next to each other in the strange di barked balefully, three tier to his eyebrow to check for blood, but there was none, just a raised, angry bump

"Fix it," Gansey said He wasn’t entirely sure that whatever Ronan had done, or failed to do, was easily corrected, but he was sure that it must be corrected The only reason Ronan was allowed to stay at Monrades were acceptable "Whatever it is Don’t let hiht"

Ronan said, low, just for Gansey, "I want to quit"

"One more year"

"I don’t want to do this for another year" He kicked a piece of gravel under the Camaro Now his voice did rise, but only in ferocity, not in voluled with a necktie like Declan? I’m not a damn politician, Gansey I’m not a banker"

Gansey wasn’t, either, but it didn’t mean he wanted to leave school The pain in Ronan’s voice raduate, and do whatever you want"

The trust funds from their fathers had ensured that neither of the, ever, if they didn’t choose to They were extraneous parts in the machine that was society, a fact that sat differently on Ronan’s shoulders than Gansey’s

Ronan looked angry, but he was in the ry no matter what "I don’t knohat I want I don’t knohat the hell I aot into the Cah the open car door

Ronan didn’t look up "I knohat I did, Gansey"

"Don’t forget"

When Ronan sla lot in the too-loud way of sounds after dark Gansey joined Adae point In comparison to Ronan, Adam looked clean, self-contained, utterly in control FroeBob logo, and he bounced it with a pensive expression

"I convinced the things quiet

Gansey let out his breath Tonight, he didn’t have it in hi the right thing with Ronan Tellhi him away froht Ronan needed to learn to clean up his own messes It was only Gansey who seemed afraid that Ronan would learn to live in the dirt

So heI think he was leaving a tip" Adaain He had an alers around the ball as it bounced back toward hiht shut around it

Bounce Snap

Gansey said, "So, Ashley"

"Yes," Ada her up