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guys.”
    With no further explanation, he turned and walked away from me and I was tempted to throw a book at him.
    If I was confused before, I was even more confused now. They kept spinning one riddle on top of another. I had no idea what they were talking about and they wouldn’t explain.
    Frustrated, I stalked to my next class. Like the day before, I kept getting strange looks from most of the students.
    By lunchtime, I was tired of going around in circles in my mind. On my way to the cafeteria, I made up my mind. I wanted answers and I was going to get them.
    I walked into the cafeteria and spotted the person who was going to give me the answers I wanted.
    Cade was sitting at the large table on the one side of the cafeteria where the strange smell of fresh rain was the strongest. I still needed to figure out why most of the students smelled so distinctive.
    I walked determinedly to the table. This morning he’d wanted to talk to me and now I was ready to talk. His eyes fastened onto me as I reached the table. The conversation died down when the other students sitting with him noticed me.
    I recognized that the blond guy who had stood beside Cade yesterday was sitting across from him. He looked to Cade and arched an eyebrow.
    “ I want to talk to you,” I informed Cade. He glanced to the blond guy and it was like they were having a conversation without words.
    “ I thought you didn’t want to talk,” Cade said as his eyes locked with mine. A shiver of awareness ran through me; I hated the way I reacted to him.
    “ And now I do,” I said, feeling my temper beginning to grow. I crossed my arms over my chest to keep myself from slapping him.
    I’d never met such an infuriating man and I seemed to lose my temper around him more easily than usual.
    “ Don’t get your panties into a twist,” he said as he stood up.
    “ Leave my panties out of this,” I threw back at him as I followed him out of the cafeteria. If I weren’t so desperate for some answers, I’d have stormed off.
    Just outside the cafeteria, he turned to face me. The hallway was quiet so we wouldn’t have anyone listening in on our conversation.
    “ So, what changed your mind? I was pretty sure after your little outburst this morning you weren’t interested in what I had to say.” He cocked his head slightly to the side as he studied me.
    “ Yeah, well, I’m tired of having these cryptic conversations with you and Blake,” I said as my hands went to my hips. Cade smiled at the gesture.
    “ So what did you want to talk to me about this morning?” I asked when he remained silent, watching me with veiled eyes. I breathed in the distinct smell of fresh rain. I needed to ask him what type of cologne it was because half the school was using it.
    He watched me quietly for a few moments before he started to talk.
    “ I want you to come to my house this evening,” he said.
    My eyes narrowed at him.
    “ Why?” I asked as I looked at him suspiciously.
    “ I need to tell you some stuff and I can’t do that here,” he explained softly, looking around to see if anyone was close enough to hear our conversation.
    “ I don’t know you and I don’t trust you,” I told him as I shook my head. I didn’t know him well enough to go to his house alone tonight. For all I knew he would be a serial killer lining up his next victim—me.
    “ It’s simple. If you want answers, you’ll meet me at my house,” he stated confidently and I wanted to kick his shin. He was so arrogant, so sure of himself, I wanted to flip him off and tell him to get lost.
    I was about to tell him to go and play in traffic when he leaned forward and under his breath and close to my ear he said, “I can explain why you started to change when you turned sixteen.”
    I couldn’t help my mouth from opening in shock as I stared at him. How did he know about that? I hadn’t told anyone except Gary.
    “ How…?” I asked, still bewildered.
    “ Be at my place at seven,” he