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Her derisive snort told me exactly how likely she found that scenario

After aher clothes back in the closet I stood up and helped her

"So hoas cellar duty tonight?"

"Cellar-ific"

"And your stupendously futile crush on Archer Cross?"

"Still stupendous Still futile"

She nodded as she hung up one of her many Hecate blazers "Good to know"

We worked in companionable silence

"What did youto raise a de on," she said as she closed the closet "Mrs Casnoff was really pi she's so big on, and their coven freaked out Holly said they thought if they raised a deive theo down"

"Did they do it?"

She shook her head "I don't know"

The lights blinked out, plunging us into darkness I heard a few startled shrieks frohts out is hed "You gotta love Hex Hall"

Bu bad words, we made our way to our respective beds

I flopped down on roan I hadn't realized how exhausted I was until I felt my cool soft pillow under my head So I was nearly asleep when I heard Jenna whisper, "Thank you"

"For what?" Ianyone's ever said to e, and a second later one of herto be nice," she insisted, but I could hear the laughter in her voice

"Well, don't," I retorted "I like my friends mean and hateful"

"Will do," she replied, and a few minutes later ere both asleep

I awoke to Jenna's screa sunlight was strea into the room and onto Jenna's bed It tookfro to stand up, but she was tangled in her sheets, and panic washer clumsy

My feet barely touched the floor as I leaped froht sight of her hand The nor up in places

Without thinking, I pushed her into her closet

Once she was in, I grabbed one of her sheets and shoved it against the crack underneath the door Jenna was crying, but she wasn't h-pitched sound of pain anyh the wood

"My bloodstone," she sobbed "It's gone!"

I ran to her bed and crouched to peer under it

Maybe it just fell off, I told ht on her pillow

I wanted it to be one of those things

I pulled everything off the bed, even shoved the s, but Jenna's bloodstone wasn't anywhere

Rage surged inside ofanywhere!" she replied when I was already halfway out the door

There were a few girls in the hall I recognized one, Laura Harris, froical Evolution Her eyes hen she saw me

I ran to Elodie's room and pounded on the door

She opened it, and I pushed past her into the room

"Where is it?"

"Where's what?" she asked There were dark circles under her eyes

"Jenna's bloodstone I know you took it, nohere is it?"

Elodie's eyes flashed "I didn't take her stupid bloodstone Although if I had, it would've been totally justified after what she did to Chaston last night"

"She didn't do anything to Chaston, and you could have killed her!" I shouted

"If she didn't attack Chaston, then who did?" Elodie asked, raising her voice Little threads of light were racing under her skin, and her hair was starting to crackle I could feellike a second heartbeat

"Maybe that de to suusted sound "Like I said last night, if there were a deoing on?"

We both whirled to see Anna standing in the doorway, her hair damp and a towel in her hand

"Sophie thinks we took the vamp's stupid bloodstone," Elodie told her

"What? That's ridiculous," Anna said, but her voice was tight

I closed ic

Then, picturing Jenna's necklace in my mind, I murmured, "Bloodstone"

Elodie rolled her eyes, but there was a distinct squeaking sound as one of Anna's dresser drawers slid open The bloodstone rose up fro