Titus’s grimace grew deeper and deeper the closer they got to the school, cracking only to give Tess the same statement he had given her five times already since she told him she had meet with Jake’s mom:

“You shouldn’t have done that, Tess.”

I knew he wasn’t going to like it, she reminded herself.

“Oh well, if she gets herself killed, it’s not your problem,” Shade observed.

“Shade’s right,” Tess agreed. “Although you don’t have to be a jerk about it.”

“Shade’s not right,” Titus argued. “You need to think about how your actions impact…other people,” Titus’s voice trailed off. “She would have killed you if she had thought for a moment you...

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