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"Yes, I' to smooth out my blood-soaked uniform "I'm just a little, u to hold back the tears

"Of course, you are" A the hand that he held

"Can I go ho more

"Of course, you can," he paused for a ht, letting go ofon his desk "I think it's best if ement will travel fast and if there are ht quicken their plans" I was speechless I watched silently as A on the course of action he would take "I think it's best if you get out of town for a while"

"Out of town, but what if-" I started, thinking about Lucan's reaction if Kiran wanted to find me and couldn't

"I'll deal with them, we have to think of your safety first," A a nu to leave this afternoon"

"Jericho?" I asked, putting the pieces together

"Yes, Jericho I think it's best if you go with him," Amory didn't wait forthe details of the day to Jericho before I could object

Sure,toith a boy that was not Kiran was just as dangerous I was ed to the Crown Prince and Amory wanted to send s for me but was in a Rebellion completely in opposition to the Monarchy

Oh, boy

Chapter Thiry-Seven

Jericho pulled up to the school in a black Escalade with severely tinted s and no license plates, screeching to a stop right in front of er seat quickly, Jericho barely waiting for ain

"In a hurry?" I asked sarcastically

"Obviously," he replied curtly

"Hey, thanks for pickingme with you," I tried to break the tension with thankfulness, but Jericho wasn't having it

"Yep Didn't really have a choice though," he lasses

"No, really," I wasn't going to give up "Seraphina was seriously trying to killlass It was crazy"

"Your clothes are in the back seat," he replied, ignoring e; I don't want blood on the seats"

"Ok" I didn't knohat to make of Jericho's attitude He had pickedement had been announced at our house yesterday, he had avoidedthat Lilly had packed for me from the back seat and unzipped it All of the shirts inside arm and black and she had packed a couple pairs of dark, washed jeans and soa pants

I looked over at Jericho, earing a black long sleeve shirt and dark washed jeans and figured out this hed out loud; apparently this wasfor?" I asked, realizing it would affect what I would wear

"A long tia pants and an oversized thin black sweatshirt that hung off one shoulder I usually wore this outfit to workout in, but a long car trip required co Jericho knehat he was doing by dee

"Not up here," he snapped at o to the back"

"Oh, sorry," Iaardly over the center console

"And do so with your hair," he called fro led curls

"Because," he answered crossly

"Because why?" I pressed, hoping to irritate him I didn't appreciate his rudeness

"Because it's" I watched his aviator sunglasses tilt towards me in the rear view mirror "Because it's everywhere"

That wasn't really an answer, but I obeyed anyway I pulled a hair-tie off of my wrist and wrapped my hair into a messy bun on the top of e of the rear view ed into the comfortable black sportswear that would be road-trip appropriate

"That's better," I sighed, sliding back into the front passenger seat

I watched Jericho glance athis attention back to the road He let out a snicker that was actually hurtful

"Is there a proble more sensitive than I would have liked

"Yes, there's a probleain, and I flinched This trip was going to be miserable

"What did I do tohim to answer

He turned to look at otten in the car I couldn't see his eyes behind his dark tinted sunglasses, so I had no idea what to ," Jericho conceded, and his rigid shoulders sluas even harder and we accelerated past all acceptable speed li forward to taking this trip alone"