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Okay, fine. I’ve got to stop this obsession with Lauren Sterling. She’s the reason I have to spend post-game in my dad’s clinic instead of hanging out with my friends.
She’s the reason my condition is getting worse.
If I were smart, I’d bully some other kid in chemistry into switching partners with me and stay as far away from her as I can.
No, if I were really smart, I’d find a different vampire to wipe her mind and get him to tell her to switch schools or leave town.
A sharp pain jabs at my temples, and I involuntarily groan at the sudden pain.
Fuck. Now even thinking of her now brings on an episode. It’s getting so much worse.
This girl is going to destroy everything for me–expose my weakness, make me lose my position as alpha, gut my father.
And I don’t want it to stop.
I can’t seem to put even a minimal distance between us to prevent my complete destruction.
Chapter Eleven
Abe
Monday is the Homecoming royalty election. J.J. makes the rounds as class president, passing out the ballots. I already told all the ballers to make sure Rayne wins as queen and instructed them to spread the word.
So far, no one has questioned it.
That’s the good thing about having alpha status. When I give an order, it gets blindly obeyed.
That’s why maintaining my status is paramount. It keeps anyone from questioning my behavior when I can’t read the board or an instruction sheet. When I can’t function in the classroom or out on the field.
Even though after last night’s tests in my dad’s clinic I resolved to avoid Lauren as much as possible, she’s like an addiction to me.
I’m looking for her in the hallways as I strut through them with J. J. and Markley. Desperate to catch her scent. To watch those shapely legs strut around in her short shorts and platform heels. To catch every time she tosses that thick copper mane of hers.
Her brother’s scent reaches me from around the corner. It doesn’t have any effect on me–not the way Lauren’s does, but I don’t find it an unpleasant scent like I do with the rest of the human population.
He’s standing near Rayne. “Like I said, it’s just as friends. I’m not looking for a date-date if that’s what you’re worried about.”
“I’d love to,” Rayne says.
I stop. “What’s this?” I act the part of the asshole, so no one will know I’m desperate for intel on Lauren. “The runt and the new kid are going to the dance?”
J.J. drops a hand on my shoulder. “Abe.” He warns, reminding me that Wilde threatened to kick my ass if I harass his new stepsister.
So I turn my attention to Lincoln. “Is it a double-date?”
Lincoln and Rayne stare at me.
Fuck. I was trying not to be too obvious, but now I have to spell it out.
“Who’s bringing your sister?”
Lincoln’s upper lip curls. Like his sister, he’s not afraid of me or the power I wield at this school. “Her boyfriend.”
Boyfriend.
Boy. Friend.
Did he just fucking say boyfriend?
