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e with an annoyingly mocking

oming your plaything!" I turned around and walked towards

s something laced in his voice-someth

ting for him to maybe tell me this was prank, or he wa

scraping of his chair against the marbled fl

intoxicating smell of his perfume that almost made me fo

his breath fanning my neck, and then he slip a piece of paper

g the door behind me, and then I let out the breath I d

I was going to acce

nto my bag and sighe

new I was making a mistake by refusing h

and started walking to my dorm. I was goi

gainst the floor. My legs were moving, but my mi

leave the faculty building when

belle. A proud, ri

air and lipstick in a small compact mirror. She look

doing in the faculty building this late? I

p my voice steady. "Wherever I go is none of your business." I said

ice." She said leaning closer to me

smells huh?" I snapped. "Maybe if you had paid attention in class ins

reply, but she quickly regained her composure. Sh

ockingly. "You don't have the money to appeal the grade-it's quite obvious with the cheap clothes you wea

closer to her, and my gaze was sharp enough to slice through her soul. "I am not your friend. So whatever I do, however I do it

from somewhere behind me. "You seem to forget who yo

out looking back, ignori

he dorm, it was

lked in, and I met Mira, sitting o

ind it, and leaned ag

ira said, looking

I nodded

n't loo

d, dropped my bag on the table and sat d

ed on her bed, facing me totally.

ed me on

ast, and her eyes

me on purpose.

er head. "Wh

d. "Because he wanted m

protested. "Why w

air pulling them at the roo

n riddles, Allie.

th him, three

wn appearing on her forehe

I sighed. "But I kno

owards me. "He can't blackmail you into doing shit with him-I mean-it's a

udden tightness in my

en she paused. "So what are you going to do

't know yet, but I'm thinki

her lips toge

d palmed my face. "Don't worr

ted my shoulders. "We'd think of how to get the money tomorrow." She stood up f

s. I had been in that position since Mira went t

ousand dollars to appeal a grade, and an extra

fford to fail, because I knew I could

r your room today. Don't worry about me-I'm fine. I just want you to graduate. That'

fter she'd sacrificed so much for me to come to Westhaven. I couldn't bother her with my grade at this critical point. T

o Lorcan's voice,

ent that he was right, but I had to force myself to think that

et, and brought out the piece

my phone and typed a mes

over the send bu

decision to

before I could

y phone beeped, and Lorc

w, after