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He grimaced at the reminder of our last kiss Emphasis, I sincerely hoped, on last "You know, I think I’ to take a hint I can’t deal with it, Sam You push me away and tell me you’re not interested in me, but then the next moment you’re all over me It’s not cool I deserve to be treated better than that"

"I totally agree You deserve way better that I’ve been treating you lately" I forced er, and studied his face

He watched " I waited for the desire to kiss hirip me, for whatever remained of Colin’s soul to pull at my control like a baited hook like it always did

But there was nothing I sensed nothing fro!

A smile burst forth onHe didn’t hug me back

"Nobody likes a tease, Sao of him immediately "Sorry I, uh, I’ I hope we can still be friends"

That lost look he used to have when around one He wasn’t irresistibly drawn to ible proof that I was finally free--and so was he "Yeah, sure Justno spontaneous hugging, okay?"

I nodded "Okay"

We went to English and I sat there, face forward, trying to pay attention Despite rade the other day, school was supposed to benor to recently to keep fro apart

Unfortunately, it didn’t work so well anyer inside ofemptiness, but it was next to impossible If it wasn’t for food--or souls--then what the hell was it?

At lunch, I searched the halls and the cafeteria for Jordan, but she was nowhere to be found I asked sootten into ht after the Halloween party or worse, fallen back into Stephen’s clutches They confirotten home safely after the raid And that her father was furious with her for disappearing for two days without any explanation and then iear, to a party

"She’ll be grounded till she’s forty," one girl said with a ht

All day I tried very hard not to think about what I no about Bishop

His name His past

All the people he’d killed that had earned hio

I already kneas an angel of death, but this--it felt worse It felt dark and evil and unredeemable