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se, it's

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assie seems lost in her phone. I keep my head down, my heart po

l where we'll be staying, we

p my bag and move to go to the bathroom when I suddenly hear footstep

d I pray silently that

can take in the scene, a strong palm covers my eyes. Fear

e hell

e. I'm terrified this might be my l

t's an instruction from your senior pla

tops. That husky v

erviews too many time

min

s to b

ning, I act on impuls

culpted, gleaming with water droplets. They se

allow

ain, obey him, but I can't

rs under his breath. "Yo

pulls it on while I continue sta

und and pins me against the wall. One of his hands rests beside my

, my palms turn cold, and a

nstructions?" His words are just background noise.

newbie, a

, stepping away to g

about this," he says flatly. "I

walks away, leaving me s

he leaves behi

back to reality. My knees give out, an

ith Dominic in my head more times than I

my hands shaking at the thought

e the rest of the team is already ga

g us, but I can barely focus on his words.

d scream erupts

r gaze and fin

, Alex,

n TV, but Dominic-he doesn't even seem like the s

continuing his speech, but

m catches

question, and I cho

sm

omorrow," the coach announces. "But

g teams, mixing the

trainin

ightens when

Alex. Dominic wil

why, but I f

handsome, and the way he plays-his s

e, winks playfully

at me. Am I the only one

brushing against mine, his

murmurs, his voice dropping low. "Keep that up, don't dis

to him, and he f

, and something

t I've never experienced before. Every

just to pick it up again, nee

m I th

the ball into th

several times, his voice se

ame ends, it's alr

eems normal

ng for air, downing an

move on the field," Alex says

right? It wouldn't be bad if we played

re in some of the othe

doesn't s

with a smirk, his gaze

watches, the mo

n celebration," the coach announces. "You have

ad our sep

straight to the mirror

me... but somethi

happenin

ake a quick shower before chan

time. Twenty-

d en

the others, they all look n

ee stars but they are

omeone points to

full

e that, every

d around

hen I

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s tremble, and suddenly, they

fingers elongate into cl

a step, but by the time I look at them, they

ut giving it much thought, I turn on

n't supposed to be. So I have been

est, drop to my knees, a

t they were all better is because they're not hum

scared?" I hear

me. They're not completely human-their eyes... their

no,

fast enough to grab me back

Dominic yells, and I shake. He lo

als!" I yell. I feel my voice become sharper th

t you?" Alex ra

is phone and kn

slides the phone to camera

but when I look closer, I see it,

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ey

human. They look

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ess it when suddenly, I he

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e with the way t