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“Corvus? He’s kind of their leader, I guess. Hot as fuck, but still a psycho. Totally a Scorpio.”
“A what?”
“Scorpio,” she repeated, her cat eyes taking in the long line of him before flitting to the guy next to him. The scary sexy one with the dark hair and the lip ring. “And that’s Rook. I have him pegged as Aries.”
“What about the one eating like he’s on his way to death row?” I asked, curious. I never paid much attention to horoscopes or whatever, but clearly Becca lived by them.
“I’m not sure. I go back and forth between Gemini and Taurus for him. He’s a hard one to read.”
“And me?”
She pursed her lips, considering as she eyed me up and down. “I haven’t decided yet.”
I opened my mouth to tell her, but she stopped me with a look. “No, don’t tell me. I’ll figure it out.”
A knot began to form between her brows, and I sensed she had more to say, and it wasn’t to do with which star sign I fell under.
“What?” I prodded.
She readjusted herself in her seat, her face pinching as she considered how to say something.
“Thorn Valley can either be the safest place you’ve ever lived—or the most dangerous.”
“Depending on what?”
Her eyes flicked up to meet mine and then zeroed back in on the Crows. “Them.”
“So, hypothetically, if I’d already maybe pissed one of them off—”
“You did what?”
“Well, I didn’t exactlydoanything. The guy looked like he wanted to erase me from the face of the earth the moment I walked into homeroom, and then hehelped Briset me up.”
Her eyes widened. “Which one?”
“The tall one with the permanent scowl.”
Her cheekbones flared. “Shit, girl. If Corvus James has it out for you, you should just leave.”
I barked a laugh, but the sound died in my throat when her stony expression didn’t crack.
“I mean it. It isn’t worth staying.”
My fingers automatically went to my lap, inching lower toward the blade hidden beneath the hem of my jeans. “I’m not going anywhere.”
Her lips quirked up at one side. “Then you’re an idiot.”
I shrugged. “I’ve dealt with worse.”
“Something tells me you aren’t lying.”
She inhaled deeply after a moment, biting on her lower lip. “Fine. If you’re staying, then it’s only fair I give you a proper welcome.”
Becca eyed my clothes. “Friday, there’s a party. Maybe you can make peace with the vultures…What size are you?”
I looked at her in question.
“We might have to go shopping first,” she explained. “There’s a place in town here that I love. I’ll take you after school.”
