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Looking down at her clothes, Kylie realized she wore arhten&039;s spirit body again-just like in the dream Did that mean she wasn&039;t dead?
She looked back at her own body and saw that Derek was fighting off two more vamps to keep the she could help thehost, Kylie took a step toward them But just like that, she realized she was back in her own body She pushed herself off the ground, deter, however, caused her a ton of pain Soht beside Derek and Del a Kylie squinted at their newest al y Sky?
Floodlights flared to life The night&039;s darkness, along with several of their attackers, scurried away like rats Burnett, along with a few other FRU-looking people, seerabbed a couple of the vamps and locked them in handcuffs at both their wrists and ankles
Derek rushed over to Kylie "Are you okay?"
She nodded, although her body was hurting in places she didn&039;t know could hurt
"What the hel happened?" Burnett demanded of Derek He reached for Derek as if prepared to slap a pair of cuffs on him
"It&039;s my fault," Kylie insisted "I made him do this"
"She did not," Derek insisted
"No, it wasIt&039;s not their fault" Skymoment, and then Derek spoke up "Sky planted the blood that you guys found that led back to the caues take the animals But she came to our defense in the end"
Kylie knew Derek had learned this from his mind meld with the lions The lions had talked to him, just as she&039;d hoped they would A tiny bit of happiness about being right swiveled through the chaos of thethe truth" Sky held out her arms to be cuffed
Burnett put the cuffs on her "Why?" he asked, staring at her as if disgusted
"They" she said looking at the captives, "have et the calanced at Kylie "I could do it when that was al they wanted, but thisThey proot in your cabin, Kylie, I swear I was told to take the witches out for a hike I knew they were planning sohtThey said no one would be hurt" She shook her head and looked back at Burnett "I was only trying to save rowled, and looked at the two varowled at Burnett and fought against the handcuffs Two of the other FRU men subdued him
Kylie suddenly realized the red-haired vaotten away And for soht sent chil s down her back
"The Blood Brothers," Sky answered "The va"
"And why did they want the camp shut down?" Burnett asked
"They feel as if the ca potential members," Sky answered "And fro it Most of al the rogue gangs are starting to rebel against the ca your sister?" Burnett asked, and Kylie heard the slightest hint of sympathy in his voice for Sky&039;s dilemma
"No But my father&039;s hired soaze shot to Sky wearing cuffs "What are you doing?" she asked Burnett
"My job," he answered, and started walking Sky away
Holiday shot forward "You let her go-"
"He can&039;t, Holiday," Sky said "He&039;s right I screwed up I&039;m sorry"
"What are you sorry for?" Holiday asked
Sky looked back at Derek "Tel her," she said
Burnett looked at Holiday aled Sky to start walking Holiday looked back at Kylie, Del a, and Derek "So And fast"
Holiday had a doctor rush to the cao over everyone inch by inch Other than a few scrapes and deep bruises, they were pronounced fine It was after two in theat that point and Kylie&039;so to bed But apparently Burnett had other plans
Kylie and her partners in crime-for so part of Kylie&039;s plan-were told to wait in the dining halHoliday and Burnett walked in Kylie saw the shadows of pain in the camp leader&039;s eyes; no doubt Sky&039;s betrayal had cut deep Burnett started the dialogue, or you could cal it the chewing down He referred to what they&039;d done as stupid and foolish He told them they were lucky that none of theht
But Kylie would have done it again in a heartbeat
She sat there and took her punish into the park hadn&039;t been without so to ith a vaet Derek to the aniet some answers Which, by the way, had worked Not that Burnett
"Did you even realize that they had outnumbered you by five? I can&039;t believe" He continued his rant, re them they were supernaturals and they were supposed to be smarter than that
A question popped into Kylie&039;s mind and before she could stop herself, it slipped out of herto close down the ca interrupted, frowned "If this is the kind of behavior we can expect, we have no choice"
Enough Enough Enough
When the word scraped across Kylie&039;swe knew to help"
She hadn&039;t a clue where her assertiveness came from, perhaps exhaustion, but she couldn&039;t seeotten that we didn&039;t plan to get into an out-and-out braith a vah to comoing on"
"You should have come to us," Holiday said
While her heart went out to the camp leader, Kylie had a point to ht as wel keep going
"Why should we coh to tel us as going on Yes, we know you&039;re the caarten here You say we&039;re here to learn how to cope in the outside world but then you try to shield us froht be the least bit unpleasant And let&039;s say if we did come to you with this, I don&039;t think you&039;d let us do it because you&039;d be worried it could be dangerous And then there&039;s you" Kylie pointed to Burnett
"That&039;l be enough," Burnett snapped
Not hardly "Even if Holiday had agreed to let us do it, there&039;s no way you would have let Derek in the park because you thought ere al suspects"
"Ditto," Derek said
"Ao, Kylie," Miranda snapped
Everyone else in the rooreeed
"Yes, it is" Holiday held up a hand to silence the tal , dark, and ht I don&039;t like it, but she&039;s right"
Holiday took a deep breath "I have the tendency to be a tad overprotective" She looked at Burnett "And you have a tendency to bewel , a jerk"
Burnett&039;s expression was a cross between shock and anger
"I&039;lanced back at Kylie and the rest of them "And to answer your question, Kylie, Burnett has already informed me that thankful y the camp wil not be closed down"
Everyone in the room let out a yelp of victory
"As a lanced at Burnett as if al permission to continue He frowned but nodded "As a matter of fact, Burnett has also just informed me that my request to turn Shadow Fal s Caranted"
"Like a ful -tiaze seek out Del a "We&039;re hoping this wil help al eviate some of the strain of the newly turned supernaturals who find living with normal parents impossible It wil al ow them to maintain contact and hopeful y prevent these farinned and glanced back at Del a, who appeared as if she
"And," Holiday continued, "while it&039;s true, I did just cal Mr James here a jerk, and true, he is one, I&039;d also like to point out that tonight his boss inforht, he&039;s been a supporter of the school His boss said he&039;s been our advocate al along So like it or not
-and for the record, I don&039;t like it-he is deserving of our respect"
Burnett had his ar holes at Holiday Kylie suspected the calance at him just to piss him off
"That said," Holiday motioned for the door, "it&039;s very late and since tomorrow is parents day, we have to be up and at our best in the , even if we have to fake it"
Miranda, Del a, and Kylie walked out together "Chan wasn&039;t there," Del a said "I would have smel ed him"
"I know," Kylie said
"Who&039;s Chan?" Miranda asked
"I&039;l explain it later," Del a said, and then she looked back at Kylie "When Sky said that she didn&039;t put the lion in your rooht she was," Kylie said But so about that whole incident stil didn&039;t read true Not that she&039;d ever real y find out They started toward their cabin when Kylie saw Derek "You two go," Kylie said "I want to say good night to Derek"
"Do you smel those hormones?" Del a asked Miranda
Kylie frowned at Del a as they walked away and then she turned to find Derek
"Hey, wait up," Kylie cal ed to Derek
He turned around and started"I liked how you stood up to Burnett and Holiday,"