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o the entrance of

covered in grime and small

rength to climb the stairs

ously inside. When sh

ur feet!" Casey rushe

d it together anymore. My body went limp, and I coll

e asking, "What happened? That guy

the humiliation, fear, and shame of the night. Casey just

lped me to the edge of my bed. She came back

leaned the cuts on my feet, ap

spreading through my chest. The tears

iled, but her eyes were filled with worry. "Now, can you tel

"that hot guy,"

dom stranger as a shield to escape trouble,

he parts about unbuttoning his shirt and throwing cash at

in an "O" shape. "Oh my god... Chloe, you're a s

ile. Thinking back on it no

kissed was drop-dead gorgeous! I was stunned just watching from the

my mind against my will. My

before I could stop it. I had sworn I never w

alien. "Chloe! You can't be ser

s, my part-time job, and the library. I didn'

chool?" I asked,

itement. "He practically is our school! He's the god of Briar! The ace of t

sank a little further. It seemed I had m

t I had run so fast, grateful

sed the... rival of the football player who was harassing me?" I thought

diot. "Babe, can you get your brain on the right track? I'm tal

I kissed... was the st

I reached for the glass of wate

ice a conspiratorial whisper, as if revea

just sipped was

me sounded vagu

g bomb. "Donovan Carlisle. Our great hockey captain. And also... your con

sto

sound of my own

d slipped, hit the

rayed out in a fine mist

d... Donov