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make yourself right at home,” I respond, ignoring her raised eyebrows as I hold the shirt up for inspection. I can still see the blood stains, but I figure it’s salvageable. “You’d think someone in the vamp community would have come up with a decent stain remover by now. There have to be more than a few messy eaters out there.”
    “Come on, Katia. Spill!” She looks like a kid on Christmas, bouncing up and down in the chair. It’s almost cute in an annoying little sister kind of way. “Please?”
    “Alright. If you must know, yes, I was training with Nik.”
    “I knew it!” she giggles, spinning the desk chair with a dreamy look on her face. “Man, what I wouldn’t give to spend an unsupervised hour with him. That boy is smokin’ hot!”
    “Shaye!” I cry with barely concealed outrage.
    “What? That boy is a sexy beast with a supersize side of hotsauce!”
    “What about Keegan?” I ask, refusing to let her bait me.
    “Kidding!” she responds, putting her hands up in protest. “Sort of. So what’s the deal with you two anyway?”
    “We’re training together again,” I tell her, pitching the stained shirt in the laundry basket. “Other than that, I’m not really sure.”
    “Oh, please!” she snorts. “The tension between you two is thick and fully charged. It’s just a matter of time until you get an NC-17 rating.”
    “Whatever.” I wave her off. Not that I’d mind getting hot and sweaty with Nik, but we are so not talking about that right now. “What about you and Keegan?” I ask, redirecting her thoughts. “I hardly ever see you. What happened to promises of a never ending sleepover?”
    Shaye’s been spending a lot of time in the stables with Keegan lately, more than she probably should, and she looks a little run down. It’s got me worried. I don’t want to see her have a relapse. Or get busted for messing around with the school’s horse trainer.
    “Keegan and I are status quo.” Her eyes narrow and her face hardens. Gone is her usual levity. She looks like a completely different person. One who should not be messed with.
    “Meaning?”
    “Meaning we are on the DL like any clandestine student-staff relationship.”
    She says it like it’s no big thing, but I know the secrecy bothers her. Keegan’s status as a mixed-blood vampire and a member of the staff makes him a less than appropriate match for Shaye. Truth be told, it’s a bunch of BS. Keegan is a better boyfriend to her than any of the pureblood vamps enrolled at Crossroads could ever be. I’m pretty sure he’d do anything for Shaye, even die for her. A love like that doesn’t come along every day and that’s what’s wrong with our bigoted society; total inequality for mixed-blood vamps.  Hell, Crossroads would bounce me out on my ass in a heartbeat if Pratt found out the truth about my bloodline.
    “And here I thought secret romances were supposed to be so much hotter,” I joke, trying to get a smile out of her.
    “Wouldn’t you like to know?” She laughs lightly. “Keegan would kill me if he knew we were having this conversation. He can be a bit of a prude for a guy who’s been around the block a few times. He doesn’t like to talk about… stuff.”
    “He just likes to do it?” I ask and we both burst out laughing. That’s much better. Shaye’s looking more like herself. I almost hate to ask the next question. “So, how have you been feeling?”
    “Is this your way of telling me I look like hell?” she asks, dodging my question.
    “Not hardly. I think we both know that if I was trying to say you looked like hell, I’d just say it straight out.”
    “So true,” she agrees, running a hand through her hair. It’s a tired gesture. “And that is not a compliment.”
    “Noted,” I reply, nodding solemnly. She’s not getting off that easily. “Your health?”
    “Holding steady,” she lies. She’s about as good at lying as I am. “The good news is that Dr. Philips and his team are