Fierce by Wild Clarissa

Author:Wild, Clarissa [Wild, Clarissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-23T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Hunters gonna be Hunters

I can’t close my eyes tonight. The tears just keep coming, making my entire face wet. Eventually I just give up and started reading instead. Not that it proves much of a distraction. Evie and her confession play over and over in my mind, and I keep thinking about what I should’ve done differently.

It’s too late to change it now.

Getting out of bed is hard, but I manage. I don’t want to lie down if I can’t sleep anyway. Better do some homework instead.

It’s dark outside, and when I look at Evie’s bed the emptiness makes me feel hollow inside. I feel like I just lost my best friend, which is absurd. She’s only a few dorm rooms away. Still, I’m feeling blue today.

Just as I’m about to sit down at my desk, someone knocks on my door.

I open it and am baffled. Jaret is standing there in a fine suit with a glittery hat on.

“Wow,” I say, squeezing my eyes shut because of all the shimmers. “Going somewhere?”

He chuckles. “It’s the hat, right? I thought it looked cool.”

“I’m jealous,” I jest. “So, what’s up?”

“Well, there’s this party going on at a secret location, and I wondered if you’d like to come?”

“What? Me?” I say. “Secret parties?”

“Hunter’s there, too. I’m surprised he didn’t bring you. Maybe he forgot. Anyway, since you’re his girlfriend, I figured you’d want to come.”

“I’m not his …” I’ve already stopped talking before the entire sentence comes out. I’m not his girlfriend, I think. Just the thought makes me blush like crazy. But maybe if he believes I’m Hunter’s girlfriend, I can get inside and figure out what he’s doing at that party.

“Sure, I’d love to come,” I say with a big, fake smile.

Maybe this will be a good thing. Sitting here and thinking about Evie all night long clearly isn’t doing me any good.

“Cool. Thought you could use the distraction, seeing all that homework.” He glances at the stack of books on my desk.

“Thanks,” I say. “It’s nice of you to ask me.”

He smiles proudly. “No problem. So, you ready to go like this or do you want to put something else on instead? I recommend short skirts, especially if you want to be let inside,” he says with a wink.

Squinting, I say, “Yeah, okay. Hold on a sec. I’ll go get dressed.”

“I’ll wait here.”

I close the door behind me and immediately rummage through my closet, looking for the perfect outfit. I’m not good at this at all. The last time I went to a party was in the third grade, and it was a sleepover. I don’t know if you could even call that a ‘party.’ I have no idea what to wear, so I just grab the sexiest clothes I have, which is a short black dress and heels to match.

After fixing my hair, putting on some mascara, and putting on some earrings I open the door.

“Wow, good job. What a transformation,” Jaret says, astonished.

“Let’s go,” I say, and I walk past him.

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