Page 109 of Midnight of Ashes
Maggie just shook her head. “This is too much for me. I am so out.”
Delaney whirled on them. “Shut up. I will ruin both of you.”
Maggie’s cheeks went pink. “You’re obsessed with Hayden, and it’s getting really fucking weird. So, she snagged the guy you’re interested in. It’s not like there aren’t hundreds more on campus to choose from. Get over it already.”
Redness crept up Delaney’s throat. “You have no idea what you’re talking about.”
Bella gaped at her. “It’s all you talk about now. You pick apart everything about Hayden, practically accuse her of wanting to wear your skin.”
I wrinkled my nose at that. No, thank you.
Delaney fisted her hands. “Excuse me for not wanting a murderer at our school.”
Maggie rolled her eyes. “You don’t care about that. All you care about is Knox. Or maybe it’s Cillian. It’s hard to keep up with you.”
“You’re both done,” Delaney snarled.
Bella held up a hand. “Please, everyone knows you’re the one who’s losing it. Good luck starting more rumors.”
Bella motioned to Maggie, and they took off back down the hall.
Easton cleared his throat. “You going to be done with this weird-ass war against Hayden now?”
Delaney turned back around slowly, her teeth gritted. But she didn’t look at Easton. Her hate-filled eyes were only locked on me. “You are going to pay for this.”
She strode forward, shoulder-checking me as she passed.
I sighed. “I don’t think the loss of friends got through to her.”
Cáel grunted. “She needs some serious help.”
“Not going to argue with you there,” I muttered.
Easton wrapped an arm around my shoulders. “Let’s get home.”
If there wasn’t a lawyer waiting for us there, that would’ve sounded perfect.
As we stepped outside, Maddox pushed off the SUV. “Where have you been? I was about to come looking for you.”
“Little mean-girl run-in,” Easton answered.
Maddox’s gaze flicked to me. “Delaney?”
I nodded. “Not my biggest fan.”
He groaned. “Maybe I need to get the dean involved.”
I shook my head. “It’ll just make things worse. I can deal with her insults. At some point, it just becomes background noise.”
Maddox held my gaze for a moment, as if trying to read the truth behind my words. “You’ll tell me if it gets to be too much?”
“I promise.” But given everything else we were facing, I could deal with Delaney.
“All right. Let’s get home. Cillian’s getting antsy,” Maddox said, beeping the locks on the SUV.
He and Easton climbed into the front while Cáel and I got into the back. We were all mostly quiet as Maddox drove. There were a million worries to dominate our thoughts, and no one was in the mood for music.
Maddox turned onto the two-lane road that led toward horde territory. At least there I wouldn’t be quite so on edge. Until the lawyer started peppering me with questions that was.
