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No good would come of Dana’s death—unless you count Victoria’s subsequent death that surely would have followed If Dana had died, I would have murdered the bitch that did it

As it is, I’ the possibility

She’s been a thorn in ht Victoria

She and I didn’t have to end up as enemies

I just hadn’t counted on falling for three of the ht not have been enough to seal e—but the fact that they fell for me too, that did it

Wills Stryker; a super fit jock with long blonde hair and eyes the color of a stor devil of a boy with silvery-white dyed hair, a er for me And last, but definitely not least, Astor Hawthorne Clean cut and gorgeous with dark golden-brown hair, and warm, deep brown eyes His fao, and he—ever the young prince—rules it now as a student-come-lord

Astorhis heart first

Just like I’ll never forgive her for what she did to Dana She ht be alive, but she al fro h, she tried to take away the only person as loyal to me the entire time The only person she couldn’t sway

When the boys found out the truth about me, they turned on me Not just them, the entire school; all of them except Dana Rutherford, my best friend Dana who just ca in a hospital bed

Victoria doesn’t wantto make sure that I am removed from it, no matter the cost No matter what it takes

Even if it takes setting an explosion at a secret Christmas party deep down in the wine cellar of the school An explosion that took the lives of people who sit beside us in class and were supposed to stand beside us this spring at graduation An explosion that put my roommate and best friend Dana into a coma