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They should have a sign, Caution we bite

I didn’t see the others but that didn’tthe door behind me

I threw my backpack down on the floor I flopped across the bed and let out a sigh I rolled over on my side and heard a crunch

I jumped off the bed like I had been burned

On asped and picked it up, trying desperately to keepunder control I held the note in one hand and the other to ether

The elegant script was Selena’s This was the first note I had received since the funeral I read it over again and again My breathing beco more labored every time I read it

I look forward to seeing you again Soon

Chapter Five: Meeting

Oh, dear God Please, not again

I put my head in my hands and tried to breathe My chest felt heavy; as if a piece of stone were resting on it

No, this cannot be happening No, no, no! Not again!

I realized that I would have to tell Jonathon and the others as happening so they could be prepared I should have told him about the other note that I had received on the plane But I hadn’t I didn’t want this to be happening again

I tried desperately to block the io away Selena’s hand reaching fortowardon his hands and ar the de as she burned

The i haunted h, a different kind of purple than the one that sometimes reflected in Jonathon’s fire Shebut her screa her shrill scream sent a shiver down my back

I sat down on the floor, I refused to ever go anywhere near that bed again, and began to control ame plan to tell them I orried about Jonathon’s reaction They all assumed Selena was dead but of course I had known better after receiving the note at my dad’s funeral But Jonathon would be mad that I hadn’t told him back when I received that note and had waited till now Mad wouldn’t even begin to cover it He’d be furious I just couldn’t believe this was happening again I guess I had thought if I ignored the note I received at the funeral then it would all go away But of course that was silly thinking Realizing that Selena had once again been ininto Diana