Envy (Fury) by Miles Elizabeth

Author:Miles, Elizabeth [Miles, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2012-09-03T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Em had swallowed her pride and called Drea several times over the weekend; no answer. She’d even texted Crow: Did Drea get her phone back?

When Crow responded Yes, Em felt even worse. So Drea was deliberately avoiding her. It proved that Drea was still pissed. . . . Or could Drea be in trouble? Maybe there was another reason? Something to do with JD? Or the Furies? Em was getting anxious. Of course she wanted to apologize for freaking out at JD’s, but she also wanted to tell Drea about the creepy house and how Skylar was wearing an orchid and probably knew the Furies. . . .

Despite the fact that their friendship was so new, Drea’s absence gnawed at Em. It reminded her how much they didn’t talk about. It was like there was something big that Drea wasn’t spilling. A secret. Em was becoming increasingly curious about Drea’s connection to the Furies. Why would she be so obsessed with them but not tortured by them in the same way Em was?

Em waited like a stalker outside all of Drea’s afternoon classes, but there was no sign of Drea at school on Monday. On Tuesday, when Drea was still absent, Em ran around to each of her teachers, making up an excuse about Drea’s “mystery illness” and collecting her homework assignments for her. It was the least she could do to prove that she cared.

It also provided an opportunity to spy on JD, who she spotted coming out of his and Drea’s American history class, stuffing papers into his backpack as he walked. She looked at his back as he went down the hallway away from her. Working on his dad’s car was bulking him up—he seemed more muscular than usual. She ached for him. And while she considered asking him if he knew where Drea was, she didn’t want to know if he did.

Em’s anxiety began to skyrocket. Had the Furies gone after Drea? There hadn’t been any sign that Drea had been marked—the opposite, in fact. Drea had always seemed like the hunter, not the hunted. But still . . . people going MIA made Em extremely nervous these days.

At lunch Em sat down at the table intent on continuing her conversation with Skylar, who had become a fixture at their traditional table in the Gazebo—which was almost unheard of for a sophomore.

But Em couldn’t get a word in edgewise. The whole vibe at the table was bizarre. Gabby seemed somewhat dazed and out of sorts, while Skylar was talking a mile a minute to an apparently rapt audience of Fiona, Lauren, Jenna, and the rest of their crew. Skylar barely glanced at Em when she sat down.

“So I’m trying to arrange a predance dinner with the Dusters—VIP only,” Skylar was saying. “Isn’t that the best idea?” The girls squealed.

Em had heard through this morning’s grapevine that Skylar had been the one to come up with the Spring Fling theme. She knew that this turn of

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