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attack, and it took all her resolve to rein herself in.
    “Excuse me,” Lexia snapped.
    “Just leave it, Lex, let me cleanup.”
    “Dad, I have it in my hands.” She stepped around him towards the trash can and then felt the sting of her dad’s hand clasping her arm.
    “I said I would clean it up.” Lexia gasped, stunned at his sudden anger.
    “Dad, you’re hurting me!” She could feel the power slowly pulsating through her, every instinct told her to attack, he was hurting her, being aggressive, and this new side of Lexia hated it, any minute she was going to lose control. But then he looked down at his hand gripping onto her bandaged arm and seemed to suddenly snap back into his normal self.
    “Oh god, sweetie, I’m so sorry.”
    Lexia squeezed the bowl in her hand as she tried to get her anger under control, it cracked and fell to the floor, smashing into a thousand tiny pieces. Turning abruptly, Lexia ran from the room.
    She could feel the panic slowly start to eat away at her insides. Running up the stairs two at a time, Lexia slammed the bathroom door shut. Standing at the sink she splashed cold water over her face then looked into the mirror to see gold eyes staring back at her.
    “Oh god,” she whispered and sank to the floor crying. Was I really going to attack my dad?

Chapter 7
     
    Her morning classes dragged on, her thoughts switched between her dad’s weird behavior over the blood-covered clothes and the panther. His beautiful velvet fur, his intelligent gold eyes, the way he twisted his head slightly when she talked like he knew what she was saying.
    She was calling the panther a he now, the more she thought about him the more she was certain the panther was male. He had a cocky masculine air about him. In fact as the day went on she started to get the feeling the panther was far from an ordinary animal, but what she didn’t understand was what the cat wanted. One minute he stalked her through the woods, the next she sat stretching out her hand to touch him.
    The bell rang; Lexia pushed her thoughts away into the corner of her mind and tried to concentrate on what Alice was now saying to her as they walked into the cafeteria.
    “He’s going to ask you out! He’s so hot, Lex. Jealous!”
    “What! Who?” Lexia asked stunned.
    “Seriously, Lex, what’s with you lately? Dan is…” Alice waited for a reply but got nothing. “Lexia! Are you listening? Dan wants to go out with you! What you going to say?”
    “Erm ... Am not sure, I suppose.”
    “God, what is wrong with you? For months you’ve been obsessing over him and now he has finally dumped Alicia and you’re not sure!?”
    Yeah, what is wrong with me? Why aren’t I squealing and excited? Lexia felt confused by her response. When she first heard Alice say Dan’s name she immediately thought of the panther. She needed to do something about the cat; he was definitely not normal and obviously doing something to her.
    Alice’s excited voice broke through her thoughts; Lexia snapped her head up just in time to see Dan crossing the cafeteria towards them. Shit, what do I say?
    Dan sat across from the girls and Lexia smiled at him taking in his features; he was good-looking, a pretty boy, she thought. With his refined features and pale blue eyes, his blond hair hung in soft waves to his jaw line giving him a surfer-boy look. Dan was always polite and friendly; the kind of guy to look after a girl. She should say yes but her life was kind of crazy right now.
    “So, Lexia, can I take you out for a drink later?” Dan had a soft, warm voice and Lexia found herself thinking how it would be real nice to spend an evening with a nice guy who wasn’t planning on killing her.
    “I’d love to, Dan, but I have to work tonight, sorry.” And she really was sorry.
    “Well, what time do you start? We could grab a quick drink before your shift.”
    “Six.”
    “I have to look after my sister till five but I could meet you there about five