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"So, ruas bastard, too," Alex says injecting a tiny bit ofmore interested in her food than in Rachel

"Yeah," Rachel says and her hip pops to one side "So what if I was?" She gets a chance to inject laughter now and a devious grin tugs one corner of her lips "Don’t think for a second thatand finally looks up at her with that oh-hell-no look on her face "Yeah, you don’t have to worry about that Trust me I’d slit my wrists before I considered a blood relation to you"

"I can help you with that," Rachel says, sneering

I’ tired of this back and forth, but Isaac insists I stay put andCamilla is pressed so closely behind us now I feel her breath on ri away just a little Really, she wasn’t bothering me, but that’s just Cali in the hallway on the opposite side of the den Daisy looks as worried as I know I do, but Nathan looks thoroughly excited

I just rolla tiny bit of curiosity without letting down her wall of hatred "That infected you?"

Alex crunches away a few last bites, brushes her hands together to wipe away any leftover cruoes to cross her legs, but forgets the chain around her ankles and tries again er Daisy notices and she elbows him in the ribs

Alex looks up at Rachel, purses her lips and says, "Why do you care?"

Rachel sneers "I don’t care, you stupid rogue freak It was just a question"

Alex ju across the room as she shoves it away to clear the barrier between her and Rachel

Caging her fingernails into my skin But I barely notice; I push past Isaac and step into the full light of the den with Isaac at my side

Alex and Rachel stand toe-to-toe, black claws at the ready down by their sides, eyes like black, endless pools of rage

Nathan is like a little boy in the bathrooazine

"Isaac, do soht this pack knew all about ent on in the Vargas fa to the surface of her skin all around her eyes and cheeks

Rachel moves in so close that they could kiss if they didn’t hate each other so oes on with them when they threaten us here" She looks Alex over quickly, her dark eyes flashing for a brief, detestablearound I don’t waste any energy on your kind outside of our pack!"

"Wow," Alex says, sneering, "he reat…that tone of hers was a taunt if I’ve never heard one

Rachel’s entire face flares up; her lips twist open, revealing her teeth and a series of raging lines deepen around her mouth and nose "He?" she rips the word out "What hs a little and her srows

"It’s obvious Whoever infected you only wanted you long enough to get his rocks off Maybe you were infertile Or, ot tired of the missionary position--"

Rachel juht around Alex’s throat

Alex is unaffected She’s s!

Oh no…this can’t happen

Isaac, me, Nathan and Daisy all rush the rest of the way into the den to surround them Isaac starts to reach for Rachel to pull her off Alex, but stops abruptly

"It was Ashe," Alex says and Rachel freezes on top of her, stunned

"Ashe?" Rachel looks like she just got hit in the back of the head with a rock

"Mind getting off of irls"

Rachel does move off her, but not because Alex asked her to; it’s as if she’s trying to get her head together

It’s already obvious to all of us that Ashe ho sired Rachel, too, before she even ad it out in the open

"Yeah," she says, pretending to dust herself off once Rachel has moved away, "he mentioned you a few times Said you were one crazy bitch" She looks her over "I see he was right," she adds casually

Rachel finally pulls her stupefied thoughts together and looks doard at Alex, but she doesn’t say anything So place between theoes on, "But really, Ashe has no roo crazy He should be in a nut house…without nuts"

"He did the same to you?" Rachel says