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When he finally released his hold on rabbed the front of his shirt before he couldto tell me more about the two of you?" I’d come up with no reasonable explanation of how one brother becael and the other a de the way

"There’s nothing to tell"

"Yeah, right How about you at least tellfor sure--it wasn’t Bishop"

"Okay" He eyed me "It was Barbara"

"You’re hilarious"

"And you still look like you want to punchmyself, actually"

That saze riain "I need to talk to Roth Wait here"

Another team member Another demon Roth, however, made Kraven look like a friendly teddy bear And Kraven was not a friendly teddy bear by anyone’s definition

"I thought you wanted me to leave?" I said

"I’ll take you hoerous and I don’t want you finding him by yourself"

"I can handle hi look with one of his own "Five minutes"

"Fine"

I watched as he walked across the club to where tall, handso bar that only sold nonalcoholic beverages and appetizers The crowd of kids swelled to cut off er hadn’t faded one bit Strange I thought I’d get a chance to colanced over to see Colin Richards standing right next to me He was poised directly in what I’d terer zone

"Colin," I squeaked out "Hey"

I wasn’t romantically interested in Colin at all, but unfortunately, the feeling wasn’t mutual He’d taken my rejection hard, especially when I showed very nonrejection behavior whenever he entered the orbit and I couldn’t control er quite so well Most people respected your personal space Colin wasn’t one of theaze over the short, black skirt and silver tank top I’d chosen to wear so I’d fit in with Kelly and Sabrina and the rest of the Saturday night crowd

"You’ve kept a low profile this week," he said "Are you specifically avoidinga bitch to everyone?"

I winced at his sharp words, but then I s a booze-free club So well-known for drinking toointo trouble When he dated Carly over the su cheating on her at a pool party