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I was al about her eyes, right?" He reached up, turning his baseball hat around to the front "They wereI heard they were burned out coht "Burned out?"

Ja but the sockets left"

"Oh God," Heidi moaned as my sto around at all of us "She had burn marks--like, the skin was charred At least that was how Jenny described it Like she’d been electrocuted"

Zoe’s lips parted as icy fingers of dread trailed down aze connected with hers, and I knew she was thinking the sa I was There were tays a person could end up looking like they were electrocuted One as touching a live wire and not living to regret that really bad life choice The second was far scarier than accidentally dropping a plugged-in hair dryer into a tub There was so out there that could kill, and when it did, it often looked like electrocutionif there was anything of that person left behind

A Luxen

Buses pulled up out front, and school was officially canceled for the day We walked to our cars, the usual excitement of an unexpected day off nowhere to be found

"Are you guys going ho out her keys

"I am" Zoe stopped in front of the older truck she drove "I think I’o back to sleep and pretend today hasn’t happened"

Heidi s Erab souys are interested"

"I’ to pass" Zoe opened the driver’s door "Maybe next tilanced over atI wanted was to be alone "Are you sure it’s okay?" I waved good-bye to Zoe as we skirted around her truck

"Of course!" Heidi nudgedthird wheel, rehed as I pulled my keys out "So does that ?"

"I think so We had a really great ti up on her shoulder "And we made plans for later in the week, too"

"Aweso"

"I will," she pro to that restaurant near the park--"

"The one with the stacked waffles?" My sto "I’ her through don At one of the stoplights, I checked es froht about last night The panic and fear of thinking so compared to what had happened to Colleen

My empty stomach continued to twist anxiously If what James had said was correct, then it was likely a Luxen had done that to her But why? Why would a Luxen possibly grab Colleen from the alley, hurt her, and then leave her body in a bathrooht crept in Anyone, human or not, would only leave a body in such a public place if they wanted the body to be found in a very public way

But why?

I didn’t have any answers

Heidi was already out of her car and waiting when I pulled into the parking garage I grabbed a spot where I could simply pull out when it was ti lots, then snatched up my purse off the backseat and shoved

I joined Heidi in the die "Make today feel normal and tell me about your date"