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Hear me well I’ve already killed three ritted out "That’s not a sibling for a sibling, is it? Who did you kill?"

Cousins Not nearly enough of a sting I want them all The entire royal faht this on yourself"

I am a murderer? What are you?

Hesitant, Riley raised the knife "Ready?"

"I--"

She is va him off You are a human All you’ll ever be to her is a blood-slave, addicted to her bite And still you kill for her?

Flickers of fury ignited in his chest He was more than Victoria’s blood-slave He wouldn’t believe otherwise "Yes For her, I’ll do anything"

For ht kill me, but you’ll never break me And Haden? Sorave

"Ready?" Riley repeated then Deter "I want to get this done before I change my mind"

Deep breath in, hold, hold, slowly release Aden was tense, which would cause e the final outcome

"Ready?" Riley repeated a third time Sweat dripped from his hand

"Ready" He could do this He would not chicken out "Do it Do it now!"

"I’h bone,Aden screa, and his voice soon broke froh, continued to beat At first Each pump slid the knife deeper, cut worse, burnedhis chest, thehi his cheeks

Rivers, Elijah said, as if in a trance Flow

Caleb, Julian and Thoony, he knew frolad to spare the the residual effects of his uish

Calm down, he told himself For them

But the pain never eased Not when it felt as if every drop of life had poured froer lift them Aden could have abandoned the body at any time, but he wanted to spare Thomas every bit of pain he could Besides, he had to know For his peace of mind, he had to knohen it was over He had to knohat he would one day have to bear himself

A few moments later, Aden died for the second tih

MARY ANN PLOPPED HER TRAY on the lunch table and settled across from the too-beautiful Victoria, who had just sat down herself Shannon, Aden’s friend froreen eyes that reht he was the wolf dogging her every step

Beside Mary Ann was Penny Parks, her stunning best friend and next-door neighbor whose platinum hair, blue eyes that were prettier than sapphires and pale, freckled skin had fueled the wet dreairl could get a complex, surrounded by all that perfection

Victoria focused her own baby blues on Shannon "Question Did you see Aden thisbite of his pizza He chewed as he shook his head, then sed "He was gone before I woke up"

"But you saw hiht?" Mary Ann asked

Another nod

So where was he? What was he doing?

She sighed

"So What’s your deal?" Penny suddenly asked Victoria, changing the subject "You don’t even pretend to eat Or drink, for that matter Are you anorexic? Is that how you stay so skinny?"

"Penny," Mary Ann said, slack-jawed Loosely translated: Rude!

"What?" her friend asked, all innocence "I’-inclined"

Victoria glanced between the" Another translation: Because it wasn’t blood "I prefer to eat at ho the misdirection "Where’re you from, anyway?"

"Roh Lots of traveling? One parent from someplace else?"