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“Better learn to like it unless you want to talk about your feelings for half an hour,” Kingston said, nodding toward the door “Cassandra’s on cafeteria duty”

I glanced at the door and saw that the siren was staring right at me I didn’t know if it would work—I’d only really tried it onof utter contentment at her It wasn’t much, because honestly I didn’t have h She turned her attention to a different table

“Thought police,” I grumbled

“They just want to et anybody”

“I guess I wish they’d keep their snooping to the classrooh”

“Save all your aggression up for Co My scores have i”

“Not even Beedle?” Jayce asked

Kai shook his head “Beedle gives no fucks As long as you aren’t trying to destroy the school on his watch, he doesn’t care how you feel”

The table that Cassandra had her eye on noas full of a bunch of second-years,I’d noticed theht They mostly kept to the they were surrounded by a bunch of full-grown de a little louder than usual A food fight broke out suddenly and was quickly quashed by the cafeteria staff One of the kids, whose name I was pretty sure was Taylor, stood up and shouted

“Really? The one fun thing we’ve done in months, and you have to jump in and end it? Come on, dudes! What the fuck?”

Nobody took a whole lot of notice Just a teenage kid having a tantru through the cafeteria until she reached his table She whispered a feords in his ear and he sat down, dazed and silent

“I’” I loweredtoward the others as I spoke topeople out of a tantrum feels like an overstep”

“He’s a teenage boy,” Jayce pointed out with a shrug “She wouldn’t necessarily have had to hypnotize hi that close to him would have short-circuited his brain”

Well, he’s got a point there I wasn’t sure whether it had anything to do with her being a siren, but Cassandra was undeniably hot The school’s resident healer was a wispy woe ocean-colored eyes and reddish-brown hair that hung down her back in loose curls I could easily i a little dazed just fro to his dick

And to be fair, the kid did seeht