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My storoith desire and not for the first ti But not for nore cat last night had left o looking for another victi, I decided I didn’t want to refill that soul-sucking reservoir I didn’t want football I didn’t want fame I didn’t want all the fake friendships my peers had to offer

I just wanted her

I could hardly concentrate on irl I loved I wondered if she really did love me She’d practically ad the s I’d done to sate the raging beast inside uys would think I was crazy for not whoring it up with every hot chick I cairl with the violet eyes

The school held a pep rally right after lunch The fun just never stops

After all the nonsense was done, I quickly changed back into my street clothes from the new football jersey which reeked of fresh vinyl Students were still filing out of the gyrabbed her ared her into an empty projector room She took my thumb and bent it to the side Pain lanced up my arm I yelped and jerked it away

"You’re so damned ainst the wall "How many times do I have to tell you to leave me alone?"

"You loveat ot? Pathetic"

"I can’t stop thinking about you You’re all that keeps ered into the wall "Leave Me Alone I don’t kno much clearer I can ain"

I grabbed her and tried to kiss her My lips met hers about the saroaning and gasping for breath She knelt beside h, but it hurt too much "No, I’irlfriend can kiss it all better"

Chapter 22

After I regained"I give up," I said I ed in self-pity for a et to class So I ed in self-pity while I walked to class, proving I can ht back to the last thing she’d said toto a couple of different sources, a felycan was the feline version of a olf A werecat Felycan sounded a lot cooler than werecat I had been on the right track One e into a cat, but after everything that had happened to h it was a very disturbing ie, it would probably look pretty neat

After Cheed down the hallway, s Soht Katie, pretty as ever, s

"Hey, you," she said with a perky grin

"Are we speaking again?" I asked in a skip-the-bull tone I was sick of everyone acting like my new best friends when they didn’t even knoho in the hell I was The old ht have found it pretty cool The neho had almost been devoured by a mutant house cat and who had a felycan stalker and a vah school politics

"I’ ainst mine How many times had I fantasized about her embrace? How many times had I wished she was ry face flashed intotelepathic brainwaves Not that I had suddenly figured out how to cos known to e yet It was time to move on

"Walk me to class?" she asked

"What about Brad?"

She pursed her lovely pouty lips "We broke up for good"

Whatever It really didn’t matter so much to me I held out my arm and alked down the hall When we reached her class, she gave me a sultry look

"You’ve added soer flabby biceps Pressed a hand againstsexual desire beckoned to ainst the hollow craving and the beast The tip of one tendril caressed her halo A tiny trickle of refreshing energy flowed intoback the traitorous tendril until it felt safe tothe entire time and didn’t seem to notice the intrusion