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“What did he say?” Dante asks suspiciously

“Nothing We didn’t even speak”

Dante stares between Nero and me, thick eyebrows so far contracted that they look like one straight line hanging low over his eyes Nero is trying to see his eyes on the road Sebastian looks co a Diet Coke with sorabbed him

I think Dante’s going to drop it

Then he lunges forward and grabs a handful ofit toward him Because my hair is attached to my head, this yanks me forward across the seats

Dante inhales, then shoves usted

“Why do you smell like smoke?” he demands

“I don’t know”

“You’re lying I heard an alarht now, or I’ Dad”

I scowl right back at hiorilla arms that look like they could tear you to pieces Then I’d be a lot

“Fine,” I say at last “I was in the library upstairs A small fire started—”

“A SMALL FIRE?”

“Yes Quit shouting or I won’t tell you anything else”

“How did this fire start?”

I squirm in my seat