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my
favorites.” I smiled, pleased that she had opened up.
    “It’s my third time
reading it,” she admitted. I wanted to ask her more about it but
she quickly recovered with another question. “And your other
favorites?”
    “Actually, I’m
quite eager to know yours.”
    “I asked you first.”
There was a playfulness to her tone and I could do nothing but answer
her. “Frankenstein, Madam Bovary, Great Expectations…,” I said
without thought. Those were all books I had remembered growing up, no
need to tell her they were also just released then.
    “Hiya Hayden.” It
wasn't until we were interrupted by someone else that I realized how
engrossed I had become in our conversation.
    I was caught a little
off guard as I looked away from Ana to the source of the noise.
“Hello,” I replied with the correct conversation skills to the
unfamiliar girl that had tried to wedge herself between Ana and I. I
turned back to Ana, thinking the conversation was over.
    “How are your classes
so far? That English quiz was so hard.”
    “My classes are fine.
Some are a great deal better than others.” I smiled wickedly at
Ana, letting her know just which classes of mine were better.
Her cheeks tinted pink at my response. Just then, the girl fully
stepped between us, forcing me to look at her.
    She said something
about a pep rally and then touched me. The hand that was on my
shoulder made all my instincts flair to life. Hunters only claimed
One, and it wasn’t this girl. My body was rejecting every attention
she gave me. I fought to maintain normal, polite responses.
    I looked around her at
Ana. I searched my memory for the girl’s name. “Stephanie,” I
removed her hand from my shoulder with relief, “if you’ll excuse
me, I was talking to Ana.” What had she wanted again?
    “Well, I'd better get
to class.” Ana was starting to walk away from me.
    “Wait,” I called
out before I knew what I was going to say. I wanted to talk to her
more, but I couldn’t just expect her to miss class with me. “Are
you going to the pep rally?” I had remembered something Stephanie
said.
    “Yes?” she answered
questionably.
    “Great, I hope we can
talk more then.” I smiled as I watched her walk away.
    I had anticipated
seeing Ana again. Everything new I learned about her came out as a
pleasant surprise. All the years I spent worrying about what it was
going to be like when I had I found the One were slowly disappearing.
All the fears and anxieties of who, what, when and where meant
nothing now. In its place was surety that I would do whatever it took
to protect Ana, including sacrificing my eternity.
    * * *
    “We need to talk.”
Luke caught me before I could lose myself in the crowd going into the
gymnasium.
    “Can it wait? I’m
on my way to the pep rally.”
    Luke looked at me
disgusted, “And I’m sure I know exactly whom you’re meeting
there.”
    “We’ll talk later.”
    “Ok, I guess I’ll
just wait until later to tell you who broke into Ana’s house.”
    I whipped back toward
him. “What?”
    “I just thought I’d
let you know what your behavior is causing.”
    “Let’s talk in the
car.”
    “But I wouldn’t
want you to miss our little Ana at the pep rally.”
    I hated how he said her
name. “Shut up and let’s go.”
    Luke had the honor of
telling me the details regarding the break in at Ana’s house. The
Vasquez were a clan of mortals who tried to be what we were. They
carried out the dirty work of the Underworld but went where we
wouldn’t—killing humans. They were in it for the money and power;
they had a choice. We did not. I knew they would be after Ana if they
got wind of the situation. LaLaurie must have changed her incentives.
I wonder what she had offered them; what was Ana’s life worth to
them? I was killing mad.
    I shook my head. “They
must not be sure it’s her. Otherwise, it would have been done by
now.” How stupid I was to leave her unprotected.
    “And yet you continue
to put