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aze throws me off. It's not just about her being a W

s time, my voice has lost all i

as calm as ever. "What do you rem

g with the silence all around me. I swallow hard. "I went to a party wit

the glass wall, her eyes fixed on me. "Is there anything els

gaze is making me feel like I'm being run through a scan, but I think fast. "That's it. I g

ps. "So you don't remem

lf's teeth sinking into my neck, the heat rushing into my bloodstream... all of it. I just

be the one to tell you this, but...." She takes a deep breath and

that what I'm here for?

this kind of genetic makeup. When they bite someone who does not have the same genetic code, the co

to my own ears. The only thing I can hear is my own de

dor interjects, her eyes flashing with sym

ued with disbelief and despair that the only thing I can do is step away

in the corner, if

ss of water. I snatch it, holding it to my face almost rabidly in an effort to pr

see in the mirro

like hers. Like ev

e of t

l, spraying bits of jagged shards everywhere as the

surface, she motions some men into action. They're all wearing black, with guns and other strange weapon

makes my skin sting. It's silv

, but the men succe

feet and clamps a trackin

hat, they

ity. You will be escorted to your home, and you will be watched at all times. You have one week to gath

J

exactly

ogany table. Suddenly, his study feels much too cluttered and cramped,

because a girl was attacked by something not far from the mansion. I don't even know why that had to be my fault. She p

rty. You agreed that I needed a big celebration because I just came of age. I held th

attack, of cou

its perks and I barely even complain. I mean, my father basically rules over everything. The Humans may still have a

is to be his son, even though I will never be a direct heir. It

step aside for my brother Draco as he takes the title. I know I am capable of more and I try to show him that, but every time

pect, Father, I have no clue why you insist it has something to do with me. The reports said she crashe

. He looms over me as he holds himself to his full height. "What you read is the reports f

o much so that I have to clamp them on my lap to pr

stack of papers he has on his desk and slides it over to me. I o

ar-looki

rl who crash

o articles, but there is a report that says, "The car in the crash site matches the car that w

an't be ha

t them, even though I want nothing more but to le

ertain kind of tension. He take

e, Ajax, you should at least

now either of them and they just showed up. The only girl

the one who attacked her is a Rogue, and you know very well that those pests are already tarnishing our reputation. The Humans are restless. The girl saw y

there," I defend myself. "I would have

when he gl

that he's pushing for coexistence and not segregation like what we have now. T

truck, and no

owly, his jaw set. "My neck is on the choppi

e from my seat too. "I prom

s. "Because if you don't, you