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I sighed "Sure"

She pulledon? You kissed Daemon before Halloween, went out with Blake once, and now you went out with hi on"

I "

Lesato slut shame Trust ?"

One of the reasons I liked Lesa? She didn’t beat around the bush She spoke what she thought, and because of that, I was more open with her than anyone "I honestly don’t know IDaeainst the cool steel and sighed "It’s complicated"

"Can’t be that co my eyes, I finally put voice to it "Daemon"

"Ah-ha!" She buot it for you big tiuys are at each other’s throats And you like him What’s the deal?"

How could I explain howwas? "It’s just really co to have to take your word for it, because Blake is co down the hall" She whipped around so quickly it was like she’d been caught peeping down my shirt

Bio was uneventful Blake typically acted like eren’twhile ere in school, and I appreciated him for that Here, I could be nor cold lasagna and salad that smelled funny for lunch Yu a strawberry set that delivered today Dae had started I missed it I missed him

Dee and Adalanced at Carissa She rolled her eyes, but I smiled My sucky love life aside, I was still on Tea I honestly couldn’t deal as otten an eyeful of yesterday before she left for work Ew

"You going to eat that salad?" Dee asked

"It’s cute how you stopped kissing for food" I laughed, pushing my tray toward her "Hey, Adam"

His cheeks were flushed "Hey, Katy"

"Sorry I worked up an appetite" Dee grinned

"And I lost mine," Carissa muttered

Blake never arrived at the cafeteria, but Daeainsta saze to Dee "How can you eat that? I swear the edges of the lettuce are brown It’s gross"

Ada"

"So can you" She offered him the tomato on her fork "Want so to have to find a new table"

"I second that," Carissa added

Dee rolled her eyes but relented "I like to share What’s wrong with that?" Then she looked atwith us…alone today"

Uncona I hated layered food, unless those layers involved chocolate and peanut butter

Lunch and the afternoon classes finally ended, and I swung by the post office to pick up thethe junk and packages on the backseat, I caught sight of one of the black Expeditions parked at the edge of the parking lot, as if they’d pulled over abruptly and left the engine running

It could be any Expedition, I told myself as I closed the door, but a shiver danced down my spine and all the tiny hairs rose on my ar withto the driver’s side, I kept an eye on the Expedition S the air

Suddenly, the passenger door jerked open and I sao people Brian Vaughn, the DOD officer ned the creepiest laugh ever, was leaning over the passenger, grabbing for the door His roped for the door with one hand while his ar, I took another look at the girl when I should’ve been cli the hell out of there The last thing I needed was for Vaughn to catch irl

I’d seen her face on a flyer, taped on the glass s of FOOLAND Her brown hair was pulled back tightly frohter when she turned to the door, watching Vaughn pull it shut, closing her in…closing me out

Her eyes were empty

But it was her

It was Bethany

Chapter 22

Bethany--Dawson’s girlfriend--was alive And she ith the DOD It sounded insane, and I went through every stage of denial as I made my way home, but it was her That face had been burned into my memory I paced the house until Blake showed up, stunned by what this could mean

He took one look at host"

"I think I have" My hands opened and closed at uy fro telling Blake about this, but I needed to tell soirlfriend And Daas Daemon and Dee’s brother They were supposedly attacked by an Arum and killed, but their bodies were taken away by the DOD before Daemon or Dee could see them"