y

and Damon, I drove stra

, it wasn't as bad as I'd feared. No concussion. She'd be healed by tomorrow

led heavily

done to Damon, instead of

m that?" she asked, lo

ea

Finally, you're bringi

hed at

ith her, insisting I shouldn't be alo

ack to Lunahill, my family'

into the driveway, m

was parked in fr

and my feet came

that had once hel

miling brightly. In some of them,

ts, my nails digg

hed open my bedroom door.

eepsakes, gone. The shelves I'd decorated, the curtains I'd pi

the. They hadn't just pushed

egret only to meet Celestine standing by the porch

dn't she been pretending

'd show up." She said, "I

nd walked past

ked against the pavement as she follo

my jaw and

"Your parents thought it was time for an upgrade. I have

second, then forced

. "Your mother said it felt wrong leaving it

hen she noticed my

sweetly. "Knowing how ea

ar and yanked

othing to s

gged. "What could you

iver's seat and sl

wasn't f

d. They finally have the daughter they've

mistake." She shouted

e a smile filled with mock sympathy. Anger flared

backward, tripping over her heels, and I waited until the last possible se

opped inches

FUCKING

towards her. "Yes, I am. And y

with shaking hands. "I'm cal

tured toward her car. "G

and sped away. I guess she was not b

long and I had no idea when I began to cry

y with a sarcastic remark but instead I saw a v

s face and black eyes that seemed to pierce through me even from where he w

again,"

ile spreading across his face.

u doing here?" I aske

eyes sweeping over me. "

I crossed my arms, studying him.

shrugged

on me. "Are yo

hat you want

Why are you following me? And more impo

are pretty smart. How did you

me that night too. I noticed it following me

yebrows. "And you d

ng me. I thought you'd slip up eventu

at that,

or a moment and I loo

"Want me to help you ligh

, stunned

erfectly serious. "The house. You

w..

e, too," he continued, "And I'd rather de

me and I could smel

murmured. "You and me, we're the kind of

is car. He opened the trunk an

ge of the house and began pouring the liquid aroun

walked back to me a

was a silv

this is you

before reaching

d nodded towards t

and stepped back before

ing a trail of fire that snaked a

able to keep the exciteme

, "You sure you don't have

e down. "No, I don't. And besides, e

t late. Everything that belongs to you should be reclaimed," he said.

tell you," he said. "Something I've

ha

ing out a box from his pocket. He flicked