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you’re in over your head. You’re attached.”
    “No, I’m not.”
    He laughed darkly. “If you’re gonna be attached, at least admit it. Heck, do something about it. At this point you’re toast anyway. Might as well get some.”
    I started after him once more, but he sprinted off and disappeared almost instantly. Dumb idiot. It wasn’t like that. I wished it was like that, really. At least then the attraction would make sense. This was something I couldn’t figure out. Everything in me yearned to touch her, to actually get close, but I knew better. This was insane.
    It was ridiculous that I could pinpoint her every move now. I closed my eyes and focused on her scent, her voice, the way her hair fell in a thick sheet around her face when she’d purposely ignored me in Spanish. The effect was immediate.
    Hannah was in her friendJ Justin’s car. I’d seen him around. He was too close, too intimate with her for my liking. He was a big dude. Strong. But not as strong as me.
    Wait, wait, wait. Why was I comparing myself to this Justin kid? Why did it matter? I internally chastised myself for even caring.
    Justin was probably a nice guy. A nice, human guy. Way better for her than me.
    Right?
    For some reason it bugged me too much. That’s about the time I decided to go visit the two.
    I made sure I was invisible. Sure, if Hannah was looking for me, she would have been able to see through the invisibility, but only if she was looking. She wasn’t. There they were in the parking lot, sitting in his Dodge Charger. Nice car. At least, I would have thought so if Hannah hadn’t been in it with him. I sat on the trunk of the car, silently listening in to their conversation.
    Justin had his arm around her. “So how about tonight I come by your place and we study together for that Spanish test?”
    Hannah gracefully pulled out from under his embrace. My heart skipped a little – or at least it would have, had it been beating and what not. She wasn’t that into him. Good. “I don’t know, Jus, I promised my dad I’d do game night with him and the rest of the family tonight. I blew them off last week.”
    Justin laughed, but it wasn’t a nice laugh. It was one that made fun of what Hannah had said. I bristled. “You’re sixteen. Why do you need to play board games like you’re ten still?”
    Hannah was defensive. “It’s family time, that’s all. Tonight was Nick’s turn to pick.”
    Nick was Hannah’s eight-year-old brother. I’d seen him. He didn’t have a Guard or Guardian yet. Some people received them when they were born, others on their thirteenth birthday. It never really made much sense to me on the timing, but it had to do with their soul category. I’d begun guarding Hannah at thirteen. I heard Hannah’s hand grab the door handle to get out.
    “Hannah, come on, don’t go. I’m sorry. I won’t say anything else. Let’s go to the bluffs for a little bit and study before your game night.” Justin’s intentions were clear as day to me, but I didn’t know if Hannah could tell.
    I didn’t like his intentions.
    It didn’t seem like Hannah did, either. “No, Jus, I don’t want to.”
    Justin grabbed her wrist and pulled her toward him when she went to leave. “Hannah, I’m tired of you playing around. If you liked me, you’d go with me.”
    It looked like she was trying to pull away, but Justin was too strong. “Then I don’t like you.”
    That was it. He yanked her over to him and pulled her into a forced embrace. “Look, Hannah. I know you like me. I’ve heard the other girls talk. Why don’t you just admit it?”
    “Because you’re a dick,” I said as I opened his driver side door and yanked him out of the car.
    “Who are you?”
    I stared him down. “Does it matter? Leave the girl alone. She doesn’t want you. Get over it.”
    “No, it doesn’t matter,” he murmured, completely entranced. “I’m over it.”
    I smiled and let him go. “Good. Now drive out to the bluffs on