Part 23
"*Cole*? Are you serious?" Ara asked, staring at Scarlet in disbelief.
Scarlet nodded. "That's what Dathan said. I could scarcely believe it myself." She shook her head, smiling a little. She had never thought Dathan would be into that. If either he or his brother were gay, then she would have automatically assumed it would be Joab.
"Hey, Joab's *straight*!" Ara said defensively.
Scarlet just shrugged. She knew that Dathan wouldn't approach Cole during school hours. She didn't bother asking Aida to do it, considering the bitch was a spy. She needed to be taught a lesson for being a traitor.
They already had one dead body on their hands. Another might be too suspicious. Then again, Aida wasn't the type of girl people would notice if she vanished. Granted, the Daybreakers would be pissed off they'd lost a spy, but that was how things went.
Scarlet was a little surprised when she noticed Cole heading in their direction, looking a little confused.
"There was a note inside my math book telling me you wanted to see me." He eyed her warily.
Ara looked at him, then made a noise somewhere between a snort and a snicker and had to look away, covering her mouth. Cole's eyebrow raised.
"It's not about *that*," Scarlet said dismissively. "Dathan already told me."
"Oh." If anything, Cole looked relieved. Then he grinned wickedly. "I'm willing to share if you are."
Scarlet's eyes rolled. It was exactly what Dathan had said. "Maybe another time."
Cole shrugged. "Your loss. So what's this all about?"
Ara was looking rather suspicious as well. The only person she'd told about what happened with Erica was Dathan. She wasn't sure how anyone else would react. She wanted to keep it quiet for as long as she could, providing Erica didn't go blabbing about it.
How could she get round Ara? She was actually pleased when she saw Joab heading in their direction. His usually blank face was troubled. He seemed vague and out of it.
"*Now* what's happened?" Ara asked.
Joab's brow wrinkled. "I...I don't know. Yet, anyway. I'm not sure if this is something or nothing."
Scarlet wished he'd just get to the point. She didn't like it when he did his vague thing. If he had something to say, then why the hell didn't he just come right out and *say* it.
"What?" she demanded.
"I just saw another new girl with the Daybreakers."
Scarlet and Ara exchanged glances. Two new girls in two days was pretty weird anywhere. "Who?"
Joab shrugged. "She seemed to old to even be a senior. I'm guessing early twenties."
Scarlet frowned. That was odd. What twenty-something would want to hang around with a bunch of high school students.
"Did you catch a name?" Cole asked, frowning a little. Clearly he hadn't met this girl yet.
"Tatania something."
Scarlet's blood ran cold. No. No. It couldn't be. Her life was already fucked up enough as it was at the moment without that bitch coming back and making things worse.
Before she knew what she was doing she had turned around and run.
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"*Cole*? Are you serious?" Ara asked, staring at Scarlet in disbelief.
Scarlet nodded. "That's what Dathan said. I could scarcely believe it myself." She shook her head, smiling a little. She had never thought Dathan would be into that. If either he or his brother were gay, then she would have automatically assumed it would be Joab.
"Hey, Joab's *straight*!" Ara said defensively.
Scarlet just shrugged. She knew that Dathan wouldn't approach Cole during school hours. She didn't bother asking Aida to do it, considering the bitch was a spy. She needed to be taught a lesson for being a traitor.
They already had one dead body on their hands. Another might be too suspicious. Then again, Aida wasn't the type of girl people would notice if she vanished. Granted, the Daybreakers would be pissed off they'd lost a spy, but that was how things went.
Scarlet was a little surprised when she noticed Cole heading in their direction, looking a little confused.
"There was a note inside my math book telling me you wanted to see me." He eyed her warily.
Ara looked at him, then made a noise somewhere between a snort and a snicker and had to look away, covering her mouth. Cole's eyebrow raised.
"It's not about *that*," Scarlet said dismissively. "Dathan already told me."
"Oh." If anything, Cole looked relieved. Then he grinned wickedly. "I'm willing to share if you are."
Scarlet's eyes rolled. It was exactly what Dathan had said. "Maybe another time."
Cole shrugged. "Your loss. So what's this all about?"
Ara was looking rather suspicious as well. The only person she'd told about what happened with Erica was Dathan. She wasn't sure how anyone else would react. She wanted to keep it quiet for as long as she could, providing Erica didn't go blabbing about it.
How could she get round Ara? She was actually pleased when she saw Joab heading in their direction. His usually blank face was troubled. He seemed vague and out of it.
"*Now* what's happened?" Ara asked.
Joab's brow wrinkled. "I...I don't know. Yet, anyway. I'm not sure if this is something or nothing."
Scarlet wished he'd just get to the point. She didn't like it when he did his vague thing. If he had something to say, then why the hell didn't he just come right out and *say* it.
"What?" she demanded.
"I just saw another new girl with the Daybreakers."
Scarlet and Ara exchanged glances. Two new girls in two days was pretty weird anywhere. "Who?"
Joab shrugged. "She seemed to old to even be a senior. I'm guessing early twenties."
Scarlet frowned. That was odd. What twenty-something would want to hang around with a bunch of high school students.
"Did you catch a name?" Cole asked, frowning a little. Clearly he hadn't met this girl yet.
"Tatania something."
Scarlet's blood ran cold. No. No. It couldn't be. Her life was already fucked up enough as it was at the moment without that bitch coming back and making things worse.
Before she knew what she was doing she had turned around and run.
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