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campus. The
ludicrousness of it was what I liked. In my head, the less likely
my survival rate, the greater my chances of success.
    An inside look at just how warped my
mind really was.
    I listened to the wind whistling
outside the slightly cracked window, to the crickets rubbing their
wings together, and to all the other little critters that prowled
at night. The breeze that blew through the room was neither too hot
nor too cold. I imagined this would be my last moment of calmness
for some time.
    Leave it to Lexi to ruin my last five
minutes of peace and solitude.
    “ I need to see her!” she
demanded for the millionth time as she burst through my door. Her
ivory skin was flushed, and unless I was mistaken, she was trying
to kill me with a dirty look.
    Shaking my head, I scrubbed my hands
over my eyes. “Privacy? Is that too much to ask for?”
    Lexi drifted right into the center of
the room, not giving a second thought to my state of attire or
possible lack of. “This is college. There is no such
thing.”
    I groaned, closing my eyes and hoping
she would disappear.
    “ Did you hear me?” she
added coolly.
    I opened one eye, gazing up. Ugh. She
was still here, hovering over my bed and glaring down at me with
impatient, bright aqua eyes. Her wheat-colored hair was pulled back
into a ponytail, emphasizing the dark shadows under her eyes and
the gauntness of her cheeks. She was worrying herself sick.
Pressing my lips together, I asked, “Shouldn’t you be at class or
studying something? Don’t you have a boyfriend?”
    “ It’s almost ten
o’clock. At night ,” she added helpfully, in case I was confused what time of
day she was referring to. “And Colin is studying if you must know.”
Feet planted, she crossed her arms over the pink sweatshirt that
hung off one shoulder. “I’m not leaving until you take me to see
her.”
    Just what I needed—a sit-in taking
place in my room. Scooting up, I pressed my back against the
headboard, tugging down my worn gray T-shirt. “We’ve been over
this,” I mumbled.
    “ I know. And I still don’t
understand why I can’t see my best friend.” Her lips turned
downward.
    “ Lex,” I growled, not
wanting to rehash the same old argument. “My answer is the same.
No.” I held my ground.
    She looked around the room and then
yelled, “Emma!” My cousin turned her pouty plea on the hunter as
she darkened my doorway.
    My jaw hardened. “Jesus. Why not make
this a party?”
    Emma stood against the door, ankles
crossed in her usual black jeans and tank. “Oh, someone is feeling
prickly this evening. Did the big, bad wolf have a rough
day?”
    I struggled for patience, the vein in
my neck throbbing. “Kiss ass, Emma.”
    The redheaded Lara Croft wannabe
absently spun a pen between her fingers. “Don’t make me dot your
eye.”
    I snorted. Emma and I could exchange
insults all day. I never comprehended the term frenemy until
Emma.
    Lexi’s hands went to her hips. “You
don’t scare me, Chase Winters.”
    Courtesy of Travis and me, Lexi had
been sheltered, protected, and indulged, which I was now
regretting. Shifting, the mattress groaned under my weight. I
rested my wrists on top of my knees.
    “ Fine,” she said spinning,
her blonde hair flying in the air. “Emma will take me.”
    Emma grimaced. “Uh-uh. Don’t drag me
into this. I’m not willing to risk the mongrel’s wrath. No thanks.
I’m saving my strength for when the world goes to shit.”
    I frowned. It’s not like I hadn’t been
called worse, but on the flipside, at least she recognized my
skills and agreed not to help Lexi. It still blew my mind that Emma
and I could agree on anything. Not long ago, she’d been hell-bent
on carving out my heart. I had committed some pretty unforgivable
acts.
    Lexi’s lip started to
quiver.
    Oh dear God. Not tears. I couldn’t
handle another bout of tears, not from Lexi and certainly not from
Angel. Emma…? I no longer thought she was capable of