isting my hands, I let my gaze drop to the ground. "That is," the s

errible but offered a laundry list of needed vitamins, minerals, proteins, and electrolytes. Basically, the nasty green

, "What is the previous longes

zero six cycles or one

forward. 113 days, or 1.506 cycles, was the longest I'd gone before. The longest

from my trusty vibrator. Frustration climbed inside me again, and my own ministrations paled in compar

ents milling about the campus. I was thirty minutes early, and the sun was just barely coming over the horizon. My f

ith Garett. His sad face popped up in my

You haven't been taki

h. Parked near the edge of the canyon, I was isolated from the rest of the wo

omnia; nothing to

tsked, twisting his eyes away from mine.

w I can't. No

ey told me wha

eal with, and my father, knowing just how bad it was getting, wasn't on my to-do

ut." My voice whispered, "

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t... c

ed as he continued to stare, obviously hoping for some type of expl

asy at first, but then it became an uphill battle that the Six loved to climb. Garett tippe

't something I, as you

I nodded. "

houlder-length coal hair was gelled backward, curling at the ends where it touched his jacket colla

and restless as I sat and twiddled my thumbs. The vast openness just outside my car ca

w that

down at the screen again. Garett's face mirrored my own. It was c

ge." He continued, smiling largely. "Tho

r-story, football field-sized cabin with all the modern amenities you could possibly think of. We spent plenty of summers there, inven

think

s chair. "Your mother and father were better than I deserved. They were so selfless with anything and everything. Your father wo

e kind." I croaked,

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ave o

till

it's not r

l never be ready if y

is on the market now, and it'll only hurt

is features and fell away as his eyes glanced above the tablet screen. My stomach d

pening to y

ried to smile at him, attempting t

ed. "Tell me wha

And to top it off, my patience and time were wearing thin. A tremor shot through my body, making my fingers quake until I fisted them harsh

" It was getting worse, and even as I clasped my hands together, the bouncing was more

her shoulder, stepping out on stiletto heels and directly into the arms of her boyfriend. Greed

ack from the confined space, I thrust my arms through the straps and tightened them. It was

now faced. Dumping my bag on the ground next to my desk, I blinked slowly and slid backward in

loaded new protocols to the server, running through simulation after simulation until my eyes were red and I was barely

to breathe. I rolled my lips inward and flared my nostrils, forcing air into my lun

d in tow. They rounded the first line of desks, stopping to my left, leaning a

le, and they glanced towards their friend. His gaze was on me, centred

loser, rounding the first four rows of desks to stand near mine on the fifth row, pushing against the bank

" He whispered, leaning towards me.

ad big brown eyes, lashed with thick blonde eyelashes that matched his shoulder-length blon

t him, and he pressed closer, smiling fully now, obviously emboldened by my lack of response. My lips rolled inward

n your

now you'll change your mind

ot even if you were the last man on Earth. Not

thi

ust once you could be where you

tact, staring each other down. Slowly, Sean raised his hands in surrender and m

o two blondes. And though both of them sported shoulder-length platinu

they were inside me, they wanted my attention to be focused on them and nothing e

urvive them if I was caught. It would be six of them, all

llowed out of t