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It feels like I’ve drunk a bottle of wine and topped it off with a few shots of tequila "I was the one recked… and my car, it’s at the botto important in it, wasn’t there?"

I nod absentaveover his shoulder, he tugs off his shirt He tosses it on the ground and wades into the water until it is waist deep

"Ca up to the line of the water "You can’t--" He springs up with his ar I stand on the shore, searching for a glioes by for a normal person to breathe underwater

I pat my pockets for my phone "Shit" I left it at horab Cameron’s phone that I saw hiure darts out of the trees and cowers down behind the back of the Jeep Fear rushes through lance back at the lake and then at the car

"Shit" I waver for a , sharp stick before I cautiously open the passenger door Without taking my eyes off the rear end of the Jeep, I feel around the inside of the cab until I find Caer across the screen and search for the dial pad, but nearly drop the phone when the tall figure steps out from the back of the Jeep He’s dressed in his usual back cloak that shields his eyes, but I know he’s looking at ht" I back away from the Grim Reaper with the stick out in front of me "And you have to leave because I told you to Those are the rules"

"You didn’ttoward round

I chuck the stick at him and he leans to the side so it o I’m not a child and I can’t see you anymore"

"You’ll see me forever" He stalks toward me, step after step, eyes fastened on mine

My feet are frozen in place, but not out of fear In a weird, twisted way I’ve alanted to find out what’s beneath the hood When he gets close enough, I reach in to lift it back, but I hear water splashing and reel around just in time to see Cathy arht sparkles across his tan skin

Ripping one

"I got it for you," Cameron calls out as he wades out of the lake Beads of water drip frolows against the sky behind hi is fake Fake

The closer Carow; yet, I can’t seem to take my eyes off hiins to conjure a poem ords like perfection Then fake, plastic, nonexistent

He struts up tofroers "Did I mention that I’ and then reaches around and hooks the necklace aroundinto contact with e it I’ht me the necklace, but because he was able to retrieve it from the bottom of the lake

Suddenly, he places his hands on"You don’t have to say anything" His hands travel up my ar a trail of water on my skin

My heart erratically pounds inme and I can’t hear the noise of death, just like when Asher touches h nineteen years, asphyxiated by deaths and then suddenly two guys enter ive me silence?

But Cameron instills a different kind of quiet than Asher There’s a hint of static inside my body and mind and instead of calm, I feel out of control, like when ," he whispers with an arrogant sainst my chest, over my uncontrollable heart He dips his head doard , yet, right, somehow As his lips inch closer and closer, an involuntary lides up the front of me and cups my breast I feel hypnotized and start to surrender in his ared breath

"God, you s on the curve of my breast and his other hand starts to wander up the front ofup a protest, when he swiftly pulls aith his forehead furrowed as he peers overat Mackenzie’s shiny Mercedes is winding down the dirty road, headed straight for us

"Did you invite her here?" I ask with a frown

His eyes are locked on the car as he shakes his head "Nope, I’m just as surprised as you"

The car slams to a stop beside the Jeep and kicks up a cloud of dust The door swings opens and Mackenzie steps out, adjusting her neon pink dress as she struts forward, her high heels wobbling over the rocks The passenger door flies open and her best friend, Dana Millard, cli h

Cameron raises his eyebrows "What? You don’t like her?"

"Honestly, no," I say and he se reason

Mackenzie waves her hand as she heads in our direction "Hey, I didn’t know you were coht up to Calance "I thought you said you were busy tonight"

A lifted truck rolls down the road, followed by a line of fancy SUVs, trucks, and cars It’s Saturday night and the whole college campus is probably headed down here