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Chapter Two

Dank

Three days ago I’d held her in s she’d packed I had teased her about packing tooable to fit it all in her dorh heels on our first official college date Everything had been perfect Pagan had loved me

Now, she didn’t even know me

"Here it is," Miranda announced as she opened the dorm room that I knew connected to Gee’s rooest one available I wanted Pagan to have the best I wanted every experience she had to be perfect She’d been through soof our happily-ever-after

"OhIt’s huge! I wonder if this is the right one? We’re just freshman" The excitement in Miranda’s voice as she spun around and took in her surroundings reotten it all too My existence in the huan wouldn’t reone

"You can put that box down over there on that side of the rooan ant to be further froet ready and she can sleep later in the etting ready in the s It also reminded me that I wouldn’t be here to hold her and kiss the sleepy look on her face I placed the box beside her closet Agony at the separation was slicing through an didn’t choose ain? What if she never looked at ain with love in her eyes? Could I exist without that?

No I couldn’t

"We’re gonna be late," Gee grumbled from the doorway It was past time we headed out to collect souls It was just so hard to leave her now that I had her close again Being unable to touch her or allow her to see me was torture

"Oh, do you have practice?" Miranda asked batting her eyelashes an’s boyfriend to her for a while now The fact she was a fan had faded away This was going to be annoying

"No he has a gig" Gee explained in an amused drawl

"Wohere? Is it sold out? I’d love to go I’ve never seen you perform live"

Yeah, she had Several tiotten Before I could come up with a suitable reply Gee interruptedto a boy One with a Cajun-talking Daddy, if you knohat I mean"

Shit

I stalked past Miranda and shoved Gee aside as Ito hue But because I knew Leif was near Pagan and she didn’t knoho he was or what he had done, I felt justified a slightly more efficient an by appearing out of thin air So I came up behind her Leif felt my presence because his entire body tensed