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Liaasped as their seat belts locked over their chests, but I had nothing holdingbetween the two middle seats After what felt like a short eternity, but was likely only a hot second, the tires let off a long squeal of pain before theback attwo coone porcelain pale, hisopen in an alh his thin, silver-fralasses, his lips pursed in disapproval, the same way my mom’s used to when she found out I had stayed up pastfor his head, stuck out fro between them, froe of his nose to his full lips, seeer For a split second I was afraid that he was a Red, because judging by the look in his eyes, he wanted nothing more than to burn me to a crisp

Boys Why did it have to be boys?

I peeled myself up off the carpets and bolted toward the side door My fingers squeezed the door handle, but no e

"Zu!" Lia back and forth between us She , and blinked at him innocently Like she had no idea how they had come across the stoay currently sprawled out by her feet

"We all agreed--no strays" The other boy shook his head "That’s e didn’t take the kittens!"

"Oh, for the love of…" Lia his face into his hands "What e going to do with a box of abandoned kittens?"

"Maybe if that black heart of yours hadn’t been willing to leave the hoave the other boy a look of pure aet over those cats, are you?"

"They were innocent, defenseless kittens and you left theroaned "Come on"

Chubs? That had to have been a joke The kid was as skinny as a stick Everything about hi and narrow

He leveled Lia stare I don’t knohat a about kittens, or that they’d et that I was in the car

"Excuse ainst the"Can you please unlock the door?"

That shut them up at least

When Liam finally turned back toward me, his expression was entirely different than before He looked serious, but not altogether unhappy or suspicious Which is a lot more than I could have said for myself if our situations had been reversed

"Are you the one they were looking for?" he asked "Ruth?"

"Ruby," Chubs corrected

Liaht Ruby"