her arm, his grip surprisingly stron

icult, Elara.

t, a cold knot of dread in her stomach

with a possessiveness that Elara had once dismissed as friendship. Seeing them together now, Seraphina's smug smile, Julian's easy intimacy with her, it was like a phy

ina towards the sprawling gardens, leaving Elara

Chad and Bryce a

ty, scholarship g

not his priority tonight,"

s the edge of the pool. Elara was a

id, "accidental

shocking her. She flailed, gasping, the de

her. Julian. He pulled her o

apped a towel around her shi

caring for her, his touch gentle, his voice soothing. He

e. I'll take

on, her body achin

Elara's phone buzzed. A

wned rat! And the sugar pills? Genius! Keeping her sick so yo

p chat, the one that likely detailed all nineteen pranks. Tiffany had sent i

her illness, making her suffer more. The realization hit her with