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Chapter 1

Ten seconds passed bethen Daemon Black took his seat and when he poked me under my shoulder blade with his trusty pen Ten whole seconds Twisting around in my seat, I inhaled the unique outdoorsy scent that was all him

Daemon pulled his hand back and tapped the blue cap of his pen on the corner of his lips Lips I ell faaze to his eyes Bright green, like the ste, Daemon"

Unruly dark hair fell over his forehead as he tilted his head "Don’t forget we have plans tonight"

"Yeah, I know Looking forward to it," I said dryly

As Daemon leaned forward, his dark sweater stretched over broad shoulders He tipped his desk down I heard the soft inhales from my friends Carissa and Lesa, felt the eyes of everyone in class watching us One corner of his lips curved higher, as if he were secretly laughing

The stretch of silence became too heavy "What?"

"We need to work off your trace," he said, low enough that only I could hear Thank God Trying to explain what a trace was to the general populace was not soet into Oh, you know, just alien residue that rubs off on huhts thenal to an evil alien race Want some?

Uh huh

I picked up ured as much"

"And I have this really fun idea of hoe can do it"

I knehat his "fun idea" was Me Hireen of his eyes heated

"Liking the idea?" he aze dropped to my lips

An unhealthy a, and I reminded myself that his sudden turnaround had more to do with the effect of his bizarre alien mojo on me than it did with me as a person Ever since Daemon healed me after the battle with the Aruh for him to jump into a relationship, it wasn’t forlove Powerful True A whacked-out alien bond couldn’t do that for me

"Not in this lifetime, buddy," I said finally

"Resistance is futile, Kitten"

"So is your char my eyes, I faced the front of the classroom Daemon was a total babe, but he was stab-worthy, which, at tih

Our ancient trig teacher shuffled in, clutching a thick wad of papers while he waited for the tardy bell

Daehi around, I glared at hi With a grin that did funny things toa tiny bit of fuzz out of et all kinds of crazy ideas as his grin turned wicked, but I wasn’t playing his game anymore I rolled my eyes and whipped back around I would resist ot to ht tic of pain throbbed behind , which I totally blamed on Daemon

By lunch, I felt like someone had sucker punched me in the head The steady noise of the cafeteria and the mix of disinfectant and burned foodto eat that?" Dee Black gestured atmy head, I pushedin

"You could eat the football team under the table" Lesa watched Dee with obvious envy sparkling in her dark eyes I couldn’t blae of Oreos in one sitting "How do you do it?"

Dee shrugged dainty shoulders "I guess I have a fast uys do this weekend?" Carissa asked, frowning as she wiped her glasses with the sleeve of her shirt "I was filling out college applications"

"I was irls looked at Dee and -a-psycho-alien-and-al to throw out there

"We hung out and watched stupid ht smile as she tucked a shiny black curl behind her ear "It was kind of boring"

Lesa snorted "You guys are always boring"

I started to sle skated across the nape of my neck The conversation around me faded and a few seconds later, Daemon dropped into the seat to my left A plastic cup full of strawberry smoothie--my favorite--was set in front ofany present froers brushed his as I took the drink, and a jolt of electricity danced along my skin

I yanked my hand back and took a small sip Delish Maybe it would et used to this new gift-giving Dae version of him "Thank you"

He smiled in response

"Where’re ours?" Lesa quipped