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Kylie felt like a trapped animal in the Black Suit&039;s snare

Dad-blast it Why was everyone picking on her?

Better question, what in Hades could they ith her? She wasn&039;t even a card-carrying supernatural person yet And she hoped she got tossed out of the club before she got rubber-stauy&039;s phone rang He paused and answered it Then he turned to his partner and said so and they both shot off

She let out a held breath "Thank God"

"What?" Miranda asked, and studied her in confusion

Re that Miranda wasn&039;t a first-ti black-suitedinto a black sedan

"Who?" Miranda asked, staring at another group of boys

"The Black Suits?" Kylie asked

"Gross, they are way too old for you" Miranda pul ed a hair band from her pocket and put her multicolored hair up in a ponytail Kylie shot her roos Miranda ever thought about?

"I&039; up," Kylie said, and started walking again "I&039;m just curious"

"Oh They&039;re from the FRU" Miranda fel into step beside her

"And who are they?" Kylie asked

"It stands for the Fal en Research Unit You know, like Fal en, Texas? The city we passed through to get here? The FRU is basical y a part of the FBI The part that deals with supernaturals"

"What?" Kylie stopped and grabbed Miranda by the arovernment knows about vampires and such?"

Miranda made a face "Of course they do Who do you think funds the caain when she noticed a couple of people staring at them

"Wel , they pay some, but it takes a lot overnment behind this?"

"Wel , that depends on who you ask The camp has caused a lot of controversy in the supernatural co off, if you ask me"

"What do you mean?"

"Some of the elders in each species, mostly old farts who don&039;t believe in interracial relationships, claies it and they want the ca, each species should stick to their own kind Toas race They say we should maintain the purity of the species, but that&039;s a bunch of bulThe species have been crossing since the beginning of tiovernet overn it to try to proo bat-shit crazy one day and try to wipe each other off the face of the planet Humans included"

"Are there problems between the species?"

Miranda looked surprised "You real y are ignorant to al this, aren&039;t you?"

"Yes," Kylie admitted, and didn&039;t even feel bad about it She hadn&039;t even known other species existed when she&039;d climbed on board the bus How could she be informed?

"Okay, here&039;s a quick history slash political lesson," Miranda said "Vaainst each other for, like, forever What do you think the Civil War was real y about?" She hesitated "My own ancestors aren&039;t ue was set off because they wanted to annihilate fairies"

"You&039;re kidding ht?" Kylie asked And to think she&039;d listened to her history teacher when he&039;d said it had been spread by infected rodents

"Serious as a heart attack However, in defense ofbest at confor into the huroups But of course, that&039;s also because our lifestyles are easier to blend with the huangs, causing proble?"

"So you&039;ve heard of the Blood Brothers?" Miranda asked

Not wanting to ed "Del a just angs, the Blood Brothers are probably the worst They&039;re into everything, al kinds of cri Big Macs The concept rol ed around Kylie&039;s brain "But how cohtly news?"

"You do You just don&039;t know they&039;re not human The crimes are always explained by serial kil ers, justpeople Haven&039;t you heard how uess so" Kylie felt a chil straight through to her bones She wrapped her arue vampires or olves, the rest of us are food," Miranda said

Kylie thought about Del a&039;s cousin cal ing her a snack and wondered if he was rogue Then she thought about Del a&039;s blending issues and concerns about leaving her family "This is so screwed up"

"Not any less screwed up than the huuess not," Kylie ad at hoht then she remembered another and more immediate problem she had to contend with "What&039;s the Meet Your Campmates Hour real y about?"

"Oh, it&039;s kind of cool" Miranda grew aniain "Half of us write our names on a piece of paper and the other half draws We are paired together and spend an hour getting to know each other Of course, it&039;s always better if you get a hot guy"

Great, with Kylie&039;s luck, she&039;d get stuck with Perry She felt her face grow red when she reenitals