rri

er older

h

ike at all. And one of the most striking things was tha

to people who never even come hom

chest and lifted her chin, show

s afraid Andrew would do something terrible to her

, quickly grabbed Eva's hand and pulled her towards me. Eva was so surprised that she jerked the ai

will do to my siste

n't think my actions wou

ips wouldn't cooperate

, the alarm inside me had been ringing. And I don't know why. Trevor

but another side of me, the deeper and darker s

the more I looked into his face,

hile glaring fiercely at Andrew. "Get a

Eva's hair. "Never accept a drink from any boy," he said flatly. He glanced at me one more time,

other?" I ask

him. "And I can count on my fingers how many times we

pfather?"

s alike, though they've been

s like

ck the next day. I complained about that to my mom once, and she seemed

do every night. Maybe they were on pa

in the pack's territory and didn't reali

ather, who was a werewolf, end up with Eva's mother, who was an

me a confused look, then I quickly added, "Liking hi

ut I always felt that there was a distance betw

nd like I was defending Andrew, the one who kindled a

he admitted. "But he-" Eva pointed at Andrew and his gang wit

ur mothe

, I knew there was nothing she coul

udied

. "Now he is 23." When I couldn't take my eyes off Andre

I flinched and turned to her with

s everything even more suspiciou

nd saw some members of Andrew's gang and his girls jump

rately wanted to attract his attention. But he was just toying with them.

id, "Since I like you as a friend, I

ha

l in love

ed. "I'

get close to him. He will destroy you and your fee

erious enough to make me wary.

of the students who were in the house. They flocked out into the backyar

on why I was looking for Eva. I widened my eyes when I sa

!" I called out to her, trying to

has just starte

ain it to

y step. As I spun to find my way out, I slipped on the slippery floor and

just flailing around in the water like an idiot, and that's when someone ca

eedily. After that, I rubbed my face to ge

as the one who saved me. His h

cked

n he brushed it up, his other hand was st

thought that just

," I wh

ou could swi

do," I

e tilted his head. A few drops of water ran down the side

cramps,"

ng. He lifted me effortlessly to the edge of the pool as if I we

and his friend came up

s friend. He gave the j

n't n

cket. So you have to

id I

could say anything els

ht. But why was he like that?

ide me. "Are you okay?" she asked. S

jacket and draped it over m

ch was now covering my body. Then she reached

ed the jacket tightly and, avoiding Eva's eyes,

ed to pity. "Oh-I'm sorry." She patted m

stay here if you want to

oward the exit. "I want to get out of

d. And before I went through the exi

as stari