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"I’ll take her" Hunter grasped ently to

"Good Mr De Luca and I have things we need to discuss, anyway"

Hunter began walked lanced back overme intently I could tell by the way he looked at me, he wanted to take me back to my dorm, he wanted to look after ave Eli a reassuring nod and he turned back toward Mr Aleksandrov

It was dark outside Clouds cluttered the sky, blotting out the stars I pulled up the hood ofme with my own hair

"He likes you, you know?" Hunter said as our feet carass opposite Eli’s house

My head groaned in agony "Nah, He’s just protective He wants uess he just worries too ht about Eli and I bit the inside of ize I shouldn’t have assumed that it was true I’ his perfect teeth and cute di his pace and coate that separated the students from the teachers

"It’s okay I would have done the sa able to talk to you, but I knew you’d find out it was Rylan eventually You can h"

"How?"

"Breakfast to It’ll be just you, h fell from my lips I didn’t realize how much I missed Hunter’s witty char It wasn’t rouilty because of Eli I just wanted a chance tosound of the students gossiping filledhall It was unbearable frolanced around at the student body, each face telling a different story Some were excited, some terrified, and some were sad My actions affected everyone in different ways, none of which I was proud of

"Over here, Rubes!" A voice pulled my attention to the left side of the room

There Hunter sat, his hair an unruly black like crow’s feathers, and a dark blue shirt clinging tightly to his torso

"Good Morning," I greeted as I sat down next to him

On the table was an assorthurt, coffee, juice, toast and ot a bit of everything"

"Fruit is good"

He slid a bowl of fruit salad over to er I stabbed a piece of waterht it to lance fell onto Eli, atching us curiously I looked aardly into uilty? Eli and I weren’t dating, and Hunter and I were only having breakfast together It was the least I could do for hiht"

I raised a glass of juice to ulp to buy , but I didn’t want to do it at breakfast I didn’t want to ruin another meal with hi"

"But you haven’t finished your fruit salad"

"No, I’ on Friday" I lowered her power is here, he’s staying off campus He’s requested that I work for hihtly and he slowly rose fro?"

He didn’t respond, he pursed his lips into a line and I followed his line of vision as he narrowed in on Rylan, who sitting with Zavion on the other side of the room His jaw flexed as he clenched his teeth

I threw Eli a panicked expression and he understood He left his chair and walked hastily over to us, trying not to draw any attention

"Hunter," murmured Eli, his voice low

Only Eli could sound so cal at the same time Hunter didn’t see Eli, he only saw Rylan

"Hunter, please?" I whispered

He turned and headed out the door, leaving Eli and I staring after hioes another meal ruined Now I only need to ruin lunch to coroaned

I rested my head on my arms in defeat

"Don’t stress yourself out with this stuff You have a lot on your plate already"

I nodded and he returned to his chair

Love

The rest of the ent quickly, too quickly It was Thursday, and the predicted storm had arrived I spent most of my time in my dorm room After the incident with Raina, I wasn’t allowed to attend classes or hang out in between meals

It was late, one to spend the night with Ava in her dorm and I was left with the stor myto rattle relentlessly The sky was black withbroke the darkness The wild storht Eli and I will be officially working for a vampire

I’d been in bed for hours now and sleep still evaded -filled faces were painted across the sky with every lightning strike and each ti shivers down my spine

Eventually sleep caes of fangs, blood and pale skin Nothing truly sank in until I saw yellow rays of light creep upwards The sun peered over the horizon, its light died to break through the clouds covered the grass and covered the leaves of every tree Night fled and a new day dawned, but I didn’t feel good about it This new light didn’t bring ive me relief It condemned me to a new life A life I didn’t want, one that I wouldn’t wish on anyone I took ital clock sitting on my bedside table It read 5:30 I really didn’t need to be awake right now I sighed, frustrated by my insomnia, I climbed out of bed and headed to the shower It was the only thing that could pull y state

I hadn’t seen Hunter since breakfast on Tuesday He could be h I wasn’t sure what for I was the one leaving In the past few days, Raina’s sunburn had turned to a deep tan with ridiculous a I couldn’t help but s closer by the second and they even had their own personal jokes Granted, it’s annoying when I have no idea what they are talking about, but I kneas for the greater good Ava looked like she would look after Mila and that’s all I wanted

My thoughts have kept ot dressed A pair of skinny denirey top, and a black leather jacket was a perfect outfit for me to wear; it o for a walk and see the grounds a bit before I left Who knehen I’d be back -- if I’d be back?

I exited the girls’ dor outside as it was inside There were no patches of blue sky, no birds It was so early in thearound the place Only me Already, today seemed so lifeless and bland II saw a face, a fa as well As I got closer, the slight bags under his eyes confir rain without an umbrella or coat and his hair, that had once been sculpted to perfection, was now lying in strands against his forehead