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"Not that you asked me" Chevy yanks me out of my brain "But you need to be careful with Breanna She’s not from our world, and what’s worse, she’s not the type that’s curious about the club She’s one of those quiet types and those girls can be fragile Guys like us can hurt girls like her without o, I was the one who killed the s It was never my intention to cause harm In fact, the desperation to capture one alive causedoff people--people who love you Starting shit with a girl outside of our world isn’t going to help anyone Your dad asked et into trouble at school Breanna could be trouble and I’ stop ht," I say "I didn’t ask"

"You never do Figured out what Olivia wants you to do with her ashes yet?"

I shake h the bylaws Olivia left me a dozen times over Even compared the is different Everything the sa with rave

"Makes me wonder what she has up her sleeve for me," he mumbles It’s e all think--that she left her ashes to each one of the brat pack That ill each receive the same wooden box and messed-up set of instructions It happened to Oz and Emily after her death Now to me Maybe her mind was in neutral toward the end

I should confess everything to Chevy--the visit frohts and fears about Mo paranoia that the club was involved, but I don’t As he clearly pointed out, I don’t ask for advice and his anecdote reminds me why In the end, even the people I care for the most believe I’m crazy

Stone rounds the corner in that quirky way he walks with his shoulders rolled forward and his feettoo fast He’s fourteen, a redhead like Violet, tall like a tree, thin like a sheet of paper, and the wires in his brain are crossed--not like mine, but more like Breanna’s Where she’s supersmart, Stone is, too, but he’s socially inept and he can’t ehts from his brain Stuff circles and the loop won’t end

Asshole guys in this school try to harass anyone associated with the Terror, and Stone’s connection with us coet on his forehead Good news--he’s Terror family

Rumor has it the two juniors down the hallway have been dared to bully Stone, and on’t permit that to happen They block Stone’s path and Chevy and I push off the lockers, but Chevy raises his hand "I got this If this goes bad and I get suspended, I need you here"

I withdraw and let Chevy run the show Stone belongs to all of us, but because he’s Violet’s younger brother, Chevy takes it more personally As soon as Chevy joins Stone, the two juniors retreat Chevy glares at them as he passes and I wait for them to piss their pants

"okay, thank you"

My head whips toward the sound of Breanna’s sweet voice At the corner, she waves at our English teacher, then starts for our classroohtens as if I heaved a hundred-pound chain off my shoulders

Breanna has this fluid, effortless way about her that draws ht-colored skirt swishes as she walks and I appreciate the white button-down shirt that’s tailored to her curves One side of her ht hair is pulled up and I love how it exposes her neck and the s last Friday

Breanna rehts She’s sexy, I’m attracted and we’re on opposite ends of the social scale