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stared back at him , her heart flipping as want filled her. For a moment she wish ed that things could be different, unfortunately they couldn’t.
       Turning away, she slid into the passenger seat and clos ed the door behind her. Chris hesitated briefly before sliding the car into gear . “Are you ok?” he asked softly before pulling away from the curb.
       “Fine,” she mumbled, keeping her head down as they left Devon behind.
       
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

CHAPTER 4
     
     
       Cassie crossed her legs, folding her arms firmly over her chest as she leaned against the large oak behind her. She kept all of her senses honed on the night around her, sea rching for something, anything, in the dark . Well, anything other than Devon, who she knew was lurking in the woods at the edge of the cemetery. She resented his presence, but there was nothing that she could do to stop him from being there .
       He would not leave, and she was certain that Julian and Isla would not make an appearance with him there. Frustration and anger boiled through her. She just wanted all of this to be over, but she wasn’t even going to have the chance to start it. Not as long as Devon, Chris, Melissa, and Dani hovered around her like nervous mother hens.
       And with the way that one of them was constantly with her, she wouldn ’ t have an opportunity to escape any time soon. She wanted to smash her fist into something, instead she settled for clenching her hands so tightly that her fingernails dug painfully into her palms. “How long do you want to stay out here for?” Chris asked softly.
       Cassie turned slowly toward him, trying hard to keep a tight rein on her temper. She didn ’ t want them to see how aggravated she was by their presence, and Devon’s. They had to think that she was ok with this; they had to believe that they could start leaving her alone. Because if they didn’t start to leave her alone, she was going to go freaking crazy. Because if they didn’t, then she would never get her chance to go after Isla and Julian, she would never get her chance to exact her revenge.
       “Not much longer,” she answered absently.
       Chris continued to study her for a moment longer before turning away. Cassie watched the woods impassively, taking note of the few creatures that stirred within its shadowy depths. If the animals were about then Julian and Isla were not. Unclenching her hands, she reached down to strok e her fingers over the stake she had in the waistband of her jeans. It did little to reassure her as she knew she would not be using it tonight.
       Dani shivered, huddling deeper into her thick winter coat as the wind howled over the open expanse of the cemetery. Cassie sighed heavily, stepping away from the tree as pity finally sank in past the hard shell surrounding her. “Let’s go,” she mumbled.
       Dani breathed a sigh of relief as she scurried swiftly to her feet. Chris and Melissa looked just as relieved as they hurried to join her. Cassie turned on her heel, not truly acknowledging their pres ence’s as she made her way swiftly over the snow covered landscape. The snow crunched beneath her boots, but it was hard enough now that she didn ’ t sink into it.
       She was aggravated and frustrated that Julian and Isla had not made an appearance. She needed to draw them out, she needed to get free of her friends, and her guard dog somehow. Cassie glanced at the woods. Though she could not see Devon , she knew that he was out there, keeping pace with them, watching over her.
       Anger blazed through her. She turned stiffly away from the woods, not wanting to acknowledge him in any way. She knew that ignoring him would not make him go away, but she didn ’ t know what else to do. She didn ’ t know how to make him leave . There was nothing more that she could say , or do , to make him understand that the best thing for both of them was to be