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CHAPTER ONE
It was a new semester, and this term my co soirls were on their backs, whisking the feet out from under a partner who stood above But, apparently, , she clipped
"What the hell?" I hopped up, giving a shake toduet into position before you sweepa tone that was more ridicule than reprimand "This is practice, Audra"
"It’s Frost," she snarled, though I didn’t need to be reminded of her ridiculous new name I’d become acquainted with her when she was Emma’s roommate and remembered the day she’d announced it, chosen in honor of her love of life on Eyja næturinnar
I couldn’t help it--I sirl was a nerd the caliber of which ht’ve been smart, but I wasn’t a dork, thankyouverymuch But under that white-blond bob, she had a tiny heart and a brittle mean streak that, when co the vamps represented, made her a shoo-in for the island
She swatted atat me with almost comically narrowed eyes, but I hopped out of her reach
I stifled a giggle "Are those your angry eyes?"
"I hate you"
"I’an to step over her hips to straddle her where she lay on the floor, but before I got into position, she grabbed ain I toppled like a tree to the floor, cracking my head on the thin mat
I rolled upof her to catcha si incorrectly was definitely my bad I hated when I messed up, especially in Priti’s class
"Stop it" I stepped over her and quickly bent my knees and foundthe move correctly"
She cupped her hands behind my ankles, but now I did all I could tomyself anchored to the floor, and this time it took her a few tries before she could topple me
I felt Priti’s eyes on irl sweep me It was an exercise, after all When I popped back to standing, I asked sweetly, "Do you need ive you so heads since we’d found out ere to be placed together as roommates in the Initiate dorm We both hated the situation--me because Frost was a kiss-ass with the va I needed was a snitch roomie, and she hated me… Well…apparently there was a constellation of reasons I was still beginning to understand
"I’ht," she said "You fell, didn’t you?"
"This is class, not a fight to the death"
"Kill or be killed," she said, trying to sound cool
I rolled my eyes As if I hadn’t learned that lesson already
Honestly, I bla with fangs, the girl fancied herself a bit of a scholar on island enius, who’d also attracted the attention of two of the island’s most notable vampires
First and foremost, there was Carden McCloud, the sorthy Scottish vampire I’d bonded with Nobody knew just how intense our relationship really was, but there was no hiding the fact that we spent a lot of tilea--fondness when he looked at o de Rosas Alcántara I detested the ancient Spanish vampire, but I was undeniably obsessed with him, too My best friend, Ee had beco It hat drove ht take eance, but I would have it
"Look, I don’t like the new room situation any more than you do" It was time to , but going to bed each night, wondering if I’d wake up alive in the irl I raised my brows, decided "Truce?"
"Fuck off, Drew"
"Alrighty then," I ht ahead of me "Don’t say I didn’t try"
"Ti our attention to the front of the mats Her bell-like voiceyht carry inside "On the floor, little birds Tirapple"
Everyone dropped to their knees, awaiting the next instruction
"Begin in the cross-side position FiveFrost on her back before she had a chance to get up "I’ll go first"
"This is such a joke," Frost snarled She bucked her hips, and I lurched forward, releasing rip to catch myself before my nose crunched into the mat "I can’t believe they putclose by but out of view She chuckled "Ladies, please don’t kill one another"
"We won’t," I said, but lih their ave bloody noses
I resu her in a hold "You just can’t stand that the va for her ears alone--"more than you"
"No" She let out a feline snarl and grabbedintoher hips and flippingwith her knees "I can’t stand you because you think you’re better than everyone else You think you know so uess what, Drew? I know more"