Part 10

"If you love me, you'll kill me," Frost groaned.

Darcy sneered at her, shaking her head in disgust. "Well you only have yourself to blame for getting pissed out your head like that."

"I was bored," Frost cradled her head in her hands, tugging pointlessly at the messy strands of black and platinum blonde.

Darcy didn't say anything. They sat in study hall, pretending to concentrate on the textbooks in front of them. Most of the students around them were doing the same, some actually completing homework most others whispering quietly or passing notes to friends. She sat back in her seat, her gaze drawn to Aidan in the back left hand corner across the room from her. His head was bent over a book, he was scribbling something with a pen.

"Did you find out what you wanted to know?" Frost asked, yawning loudly.

Darcy nodded. "Just about." She hadn't found out anymore about what he and Shaine were up to and what it had to do with Aidan and that human, but finally figured out why it all bothered her so much.

Admitting she was in love with him was hard enough. She didn't want to waste her time telling an insane bimbo like Frost. Frost lay with her head on the desk, blood shot eyes drooping shut. Most teachers knew better than to bother getting some sense in her or even trying to yell at her. They just ignored her, which was what the study hall teacher was doing as with most of the rest of the class.

Aidan looked up, catching Darcy watching him. He smiled, but Darcy couldn't bring herself to smile back. She looked away quickly, feeling heat flush up her cheeks. Great she thought angrily. I'm acting like a goddamn love-struck pre-teen who's just discovered what boys are for

She had seen him put the rose in Sydney's locker. Now Sydney, at the front of the class...was sitting next to Terra Livingston. Darcy blinked. Huh? She'd heard Terra was supposed to be a Night World spy.

//What do you know about these rumours Zaire Discord is involved in Adila's death?// She said telepathically to Terra.

Terra glanced around and looked for the source of the mental-voice. Darcy smiled faintly and waved a hand. Terra nodded and turned back to her work. //He was supposed to get Sydney, only got them mixed up. He's still going to kill the human vermin.//

//Does Aidan know about any of this?//

//I haven't discussed things with him yet, but if I'm going to pull this off for Zaire then I'm going to need to keep him distracted...

Darcy smirked. //I'll take care of that one.// She and Aidan were both Night People. There was nothing to say they couldn't be together. She'd make him see they were so right for each other, he'd forget about his human bimbo.

//You do that. Let me know if there are any other problems I need to know about.//

//Sure.// Darcy flipped open a notepad, taking out a pen and doodled on the page, in a much better mood than when she had gone into class. If Zaire Discord was really on the case to deal with Sydney, she'd be good and dead very soon.

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Shaine hadn't wanted to go to school the morning after the party. The party had been such a disaster. Everything had gone wrong and to make things worse she had had a notorious villain in her house and more than a few dead bodies had turned up by the end of the night.

Most of the Night People she had invited were smart enough to just feed on the vermin provided. Had Zaire brought along some of his own vicious, violent friends to screw things up for the hell of it?

Shaine wouldn't have been surprised if that turned out to be the case. Aidan had been heart broken to learn that Sydney had left, and was now being protected twenty four seven by the Daybreakers. They had probably told her everything.

Shaine groaned, turning over in her bed. She had deliberately overslept, too ashamed to leave the safety of her bedroom where no one would judge her. The whole school would be gossiping about the party now.

Most of the dead humans hadn't been anyone from the high school, so she hoped that would have been covered up, but Adila had been known. She wouldn't be so easily forgotten.

From what Shaine knew of Sydney, Sydney wasn't stupid, and had probably figured out what Aidan was up to. Maybe if she talked to the girl she could make Sydney understand about soulmates - then again, she thought, there was no guarantee that she and Aidan really /were/ soulmates after all.

She dragged herself up eventually, dressing in a black skirt and top. She got to school during lunch period, not surprised to see looks her way and hearing people starting to whisper.

She found her friends in the cafeteria. "Something else is going on," was the first thing Harmony told her when she sat down.

Shaine frowned. "What?"

"The Daybreakers have brought in Terra Livingston," Carmel told her.

Shaine looked at them blankly. "Who?"

"She's one of our spies," Celina answered, rubbing her hand over her eyes. Everyone looked strained and worried. Sydney guessed they were all on edge after last night too. Now there was more bad news to deal with?

"And?"

"She's already been spotted talking with Darcy during break period and early this morning she was seen with Zaire," Harmony said.

Shaine sighed. "Anyone seen Aidan?"

They shook their heads. Shaine wasn't surprised. He was probably off somewhere trying to figure out a new plan. They needed a new plan of their own. Spies were messy business, particularly one who's loyalties were never clear.

"We need to sink this bitch fast," she said, "before everything gets more screwed up than it already is."

"We can't have any more dead bodies showing up," Celina pointed out.

"How else are we going to get rid of her, then?" Carmel argued.

"We could have her attacked by some werewolves or something," Harmony offered.

Shaine sat back in her seat, listening to them bicker back and forth about solutions. Maybe it was /Aidan/ they needed to be dealing with. This whole mess was /his/ stupid fault. If he hadn't broken the law and fallen for Sydney none of this would be happening. He was the one who should be killed.

"What are you smirking about?" Celina asked, frowning at her.

"Nothing," she said quickly, wiping the smile off her face. "Now what are we doing with this spy bitch?"

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