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Diossip floated back to her, stuff she hadn’t paid much attention to at the ti her second year at Evernight She was still in love with Craig at the tiet a thrill out of walking past in the hallways It hadn’t irl he ith But now, as she watched theether, Skye was pretty sure Balthazar had been with Bianca

As in Bianca, girlfriend of Lucas, the single best guy friend Skye had ever had

As in Bianca, the ghost Skye had saved at Evernight

Hoas it possible for her day to get even weirder?

Skye asked the first question that cah Bianca had already been sreater tenderness, than before Any doubts Skye had about Bianca’s loyalty toward Lucas faded in that instant "He’s up in Maine with so soether These past few months were hard" A shadow seemed to dim Bianca’s unearthly translucence, but only for a moment "Lucas says he doesn’t care about the cold or the snow or anything He’s enjoying being alive And I’ood," Skye said Lucas had been so angry and wounded last year; it was a relief to hear that he’d found peace

"He says hi, by the way," Bianca added "And he’s sorry he couldn’t get here himself I travel faster than most people"

"Yeah, looks like it" Which was as close to a joke as Skye could host in her house had been one thing; sitting around in her roo with one was another Plus there was a vampire on herseat Her whole definition of weird was changing fast

Bianca’s face shifted into delighted surprise, and she disappeared from Balthazar’s side--only to reappear across the rooht! I saw her ht our first year there, and I raved about it soit to host was feeling e, which showed several guys irl in the center "Raquel titled this Save Your Drama for Your Girlfriend"

"I love her stuff," Bianca said More quietly--not hiding her words fro only to Skye now--she added, "Lucas told "

"Do you knohat it is? How to stop it?"

Bianca shook her head "You’re unique, so far as any of us knohich isn’t that far"