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Noas just… I didn’t knohat I was any the spoon and carton from my hands "I’ll eat and you tell me what the idiot boy did"

I smiled "It’s all my fault"

She sed a ated to disagree"

"Oh, no" I flopped onto change your e of that"

I scrubbed ht with two guys on the beach"

"What?" I felt the bed shift as she straightened "What did they do? Did they try to hurt you? Did they… touch you inappropriately?"

"Oh! Gods no, Mo at her "It wasn’t like that Not really"

Thick strands of hair blew back from her face Si toward the bed The book beside her flew off the bed and landed somewhere on the floor "What happened, Alexandria?"

I sighed "Nothing like that, Mom Okay? Calm down before you blow us out of our own home"

She stared at me a few moments, and then the winds died down

"Show-off," I muttered Pure-bloods like ods had bestowed upon the He for the ele it Once she blew over a neighbor’s car--try explaining that to the insurance corabbed at me"

"Then what happened?" Her voice sounded calm

I prepared myself "Well, they kind of needed to help each other off the ground"

My mom didn’t immediately respond to that I dared a quick look at her and found her expression relatively blank "How bad?"

"They’re fine" I smoothed my hands down the front of my dress "I didn’t even hit them Well, I kicked one of them But he called me a bitch, so I think he deserved it Anyway, Matt said I overreacted and he wasn’t into violence He looked at me like I was a freak"

"Lexie…"

"I know" I sat up and rubbed the back of my neck "I did overreact I could’ve just walked away or whatever Now Matt doesn’t want to seeto think I’m some kind of… I don’t knoeirdo"

"You’re not a weirdo, baby"

I gave her a droll look "There’s a statue of Apollo in our living room And come on, I’m not even the same species as them"

"You’re not a different species" She dropped the spoon in the carton "You’re more like the mortals than you realize"

"I don’t know about that" I crossed lanced at her "Aren’t you going to yell at ?"

She arched a brow and seemed to consider it "I think you’ve learned that action is not always the best response, and the boy called you such an ugly narin pulled at s I swear"

"Lexie!"

"What?" I giggled at her expression "They are And douchebag isn’t a cuss word"

She shook her head "I don’t even want to knohat it is, but it sounds revolting"

I giggled again, but sobered up when Matt’s horrified face flashed before me "You should have seen the way Matt looked at me afterward It was like he was afraid of me So stupid You know? Kids like me would have applauded that, but no, Matt had to look at me like I was the antichrist on crack"

My mom’s brows puckered "I’oddess on her wall became a sole focus to me Artemis crouched beside a doe, a quiver of silver arrows in one hand and a bow in the other The eyes were unnerving, painted completely white--no irises or pupils "No It was He thinks I’entle hand on my knee "I know it’s hard for you to be away from… the Covenant, but you’ll be okay You’ll see You have your whole life ahead of you, full of choice and freedo that comment and wherever it came from, I took back my ice cream and shook the empty carton "Boo, Mo my cheek, she turnedaway froods that you can find happiness in this new life But we can never go back there You know that, right?"

"I know," I whispered, even though I really didn’t knohy