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“Oh Okay” He headed in the opposite direction
With a slight hesitation, he opened the door that he assue only to find hi so his mistake Still, they both stared at hi therabbed the pastries, crossed hiot the next door correct
Nope Bathrooroan at his raain At least there were only two o
Fifty-fifty chance
Thankfully, third time was the charm He let out a relieved breath as he stepped down and saw a red Jeep, black SUV, and silver Jaguar in the three-car garage Man, that was so wrong That Jag was the saht Nick’s license over to their condo
I want the life back where I get to drive that without Bubba flipping out on ain …
This was a normal life Really nor to kill hiht he was the biggest loser on the planet Half the football tea into zombies or olves There was no psycho-de him if he didn’t help kill his fellow tea lunatics
You know, this has possibilities It ht not be bad to be normal for a while Weird and poor hadn’t worked out that well for hi better about it all, Nick decided he’d stop co and just try this life on for a while Itinto his Jeep, he made his way to school, where no one stared at hi In fact, it was disturbing how little attention he garnered No one seeet used to this
“Hey, Nick”
It took hier up to hi any better?”
He scowled at Caleb’s question “Pardon?”
“I called to check on you, but your dad said you didn’t feel well That you went to bed as soon as you got ho a word to anyone”
Yes, he had After stu his roo it was all a bad dreaht
“Yeah I think it was just a bug” Nick headed for his locker As he tried to open it, the larger and snottier Madaug grabbed hi, butt to put a love letter in ed his hold off “I was going toshoved him across the hall “Yours is over there, doof How , Nick aze
“Are you sure you’re okay?”
Nick returned his backpack to his shoulder “Can you keep a secret?”
“Always”
“I think I have a sla Neanderthals” Nick passed an evil glare at Madaug as he walked past the Like, where’s my first class?”
“Did you tell your parents?”
Nick shook his head “You kno nail I feel fine I just can’t re proble “Please don’t tell anyone, Caleb”
“All right I’ll help, but if it doesn’t get better, you really need to have it checked out”
“I will”
Caleb showed him to his locker and then opened it after Nick couldn’t “The combo is your dad’s jersey number, your mom’s birth year, and the year your dad’s team won the Super Bowl”
He arched a brow at Caleb’s dissertation “How do you know that?”
Caleb shrugged “We’ve been best friends since birth There’s nothing about you I don’t know”
Yeah, right He didn’t know that Nick didn’t belong here, and that in another life Caleb was a badass dee anted bynot hu his chem book, Nick stood up, shut his locker, then clicked his heels together three ti?”
Nick sighed heavily “Seeing if orked for Dorothy and witches worked for demonspawn, too”
He scowled “Dorothy? De about?”
“Nothing” Nick scanned the hall as he tucked his book into his backpack “So where’s Kody?”
“Kody who?”
“Kennedy My girlfriend … sort of” At least she henever she wasn’t trying to kill or confuse hiirlfriend”
So it’d seeiven Casey’s bipolar affaires de couer, Nick wasn’t eager to renew their “friendship” Honestly, he wanted to stay away from her for a while
Just to be safe
“Yeah, but where’s Kody?”
Caleb continued to stare at hio to school?”
Was he serious? “Here With us”
He shook his head “We don’t have a Kody in this school, Nick”
That sick, awful feeling returned to his stomach No Kody? Hoas that possible? If she existed in his realone frouys! Guess what I did?”
Nick cringed at the new incarnation of Acheron as he joined theet used to or accept this person as his friend His Ash was not nor, Acheron, towering over Nick and the rest of the world with his ht An eleven-thousand-year-old warrior, Acheron was the epitome of lethal, in-your-face badass