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“Piper! Oh, God, you should have seen it I’ht? Anye’re just sitting there talking when I get slaet up to leave, and he’s all like, ‘where are you going?’ and I’irl needs me’ He’s all, ‘how do you know?’ and I’ at uess that’s good?”

I shook hed “Sorry If it wasn’t important, I wouldn’t have called”

“I’ve never been happier not to have a roo his nose

“Same here, man” Xero looked mildly horrified “That’s too much”

“That’s why I scaredvoice came from behind me

I turned to face him, happy that he’d actually responded to the call I’d put out, but he shot

Okay, still persona non grata with Kai Fine

“Coaze away frouys”

They all followed me into the library, and we made our way as quietly as possible to the corner of the stacks where the entrance to our private rooo up or come down from there except for Hannah, and I wanted to keep it that way

But the universe apparently had other ideas, because Sonja and one of her friends—the little blonde one—were sitting on a couch in the isolated corner as alked up

Damn it Really?

I paused, then turned around There was another way to get to the secret roo way—the route we’d taken after Sonja had trapped us behind the wall several weeks ago

“Stop” Her piercing voice ran

g out in the quiet library as she sprang to her feet “Where the hell do you think you’re going?”

“Just over to Nunya,” I said innocently