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"Relax," Derek said in a voice so low she was certain no one else heard it And she could barely hear hi of her own heart

"Introductions wil happen over lunch," a feain, but she couldn&039;t be sure They al continued to stare Stare at her Hersounds echoed in her ears Tearing her gaze away, she eyed the door and fought the urge to run Run fast and run hard But face it, she&039;d never been a good runner, and too many freaks stood between her and the door Then, oddly, she re she&039;d learned about wild animals If you run, they think you&039;re dinner and wil chase you

Oh, double crap Okay, deep breath Then another one Her lungs expanded These weren&039;t wild aniht then, Kylie&039;s phone beeped with another inconored it And for the first ti about Sara&039;s situation being more difficult than her own She wasn&039;t a hundred percent certain of that, but sooing to Mark Jameson&039;s party

But what else could it be about?

And why? Why of al the freaks in the rooled out? Was it because she didn&039;t twitch her eyebrows? Oh, she could twitch her brows as good as the next person And darn if she wouldn&039;t be practicing that as soon as she got alone Proble thing Was it the Shadow Fal s Caet things ain "Returnees, outside Newbies, hang right here"

Kylie experienced the tiniest bit of relief when the crowd stopped staring and started shuffling around, reaching for purses and backpacks Or at least ht and saw the black-haired boy with bright blue eyes standing there, his gaze locked on her Lucas Parker She recal ed his na tilad they left, she recal ed her dad saying Take row up to be a serial killer Kylie felt a fist wrap around her heart and squeeze Was she real y at a camp with a possible serial kil er?

Could it real y be hiosh, over ten years Chil s tiptoed up her spine, and then he turned and moved into the flow of other returnees out the door

Kylie saw Miranda take a few steps She stopped in front of Kylie and said, "Good luck" Kylie couldn&039;t tel if the girl was being a smartass or serious, so she just nodded

The blond boy stepped behind Miranda and grinned at Kylie "Wouldn&039;t want to be you," he said as if joking, then he fol owed Miranda out Knees locked so she wouldn&039;t cruh to realize that at least half the crowd had gone And of her bus buddies, the only ones reuy with al the piercings

"Okay," Holiday said "Nohat I want is for al of you who knohy you&039;re here, to move to the far left Al of you who don&039;t,that this was about more than her trip to the police station and started toto the left Not wanting to be singled out any more than she already had been, she went to stand beside Derek He shot her a look of disbelief Deciding to practice the whole eyebrow thing, she crinkled her forehead When she looked over, only four people stood on the right side of the room One of theroups and Sky walked in and stood beside the redheaded leader "Okay, righties, co to talk to everyone else" Holiday started out, then stopped and glanced back over her shoulder Her gaze slapped right into Kylie "Come with us, Kylie"

Shocked the women knew her name, she shook her head "I knohy I&039; to take a stab at it, she said, "I got caught at a party where drugs were found"

A few snickers fil ed Kylie&039;s ears

Holiday frowned at the snickerers and etting a divorce?" she asked, feeling desperate

Holiday didn&039;t say anything, but then she didn&039;t have to The look she shot Kylie reo-there stare And the one tirounded for a month So Kylie fol owed Holiday and the four others out of the dining halWhen they walked past the crowd standing outside, Kylie felt al the eyes turn toward her Miranda nodded and ood luck"

For soenuine

Then Kylie spotted Lucas Parker standing beside the goth girl who&039;d raised her hand and asked about Kylie in the big , and they both stared at Kylie as if she didn&039;t belong there And daree with theoth, too Or at least he wore a black T-shirt Of course, he looked real y good in that shirt It fit his upper torso-

his very lean yet uys didn&039;t have to fol ow any fashion guidelines to look good Realizing she was staring at the guy&039;s abs, and that the goth chick was s at her, Kylie turned away and pretended she hadn&039;t noticed the girl&039;s rude expression Now if she could just pretend none of this was happening Right then the pierced guy fel into step beside Kylie She glanced at hiers, but at least they&039;d ridden the same bus and he seemed just as clueless as she was He leaned in "You wouldn&039;t have brought any drugs with you, would you?"

Kylie&039;s jaw dropped open in shock and reat Thanks to her little slip in the dining rooie

Holiday, her red hair flowing down her back, led theht behind the dining halFron that read CAMP OFFICE Kylie and the other four fol owed her to a back roouys" Holiday leaned against the desk in the front as she waited for everyone to settle in Kylie felt the woht Kylie ht try to bolt Much to Holiday&039;s credit, the idea had crossed Kylie&039;s mind more than once Hence the reason she chose the desk closest to the door

Yet so besides the fact that she had never excel ed at the fifty-yard dash So to escape

Curiosity