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that’s when I make my move. I rush into the room and grab Raine from behind.
    “What the fuck!” she yells, and before she can figure out what’s happening, I have my fingers wrapped around the back of her necklace. I still have a fistful of her hair, but I don’t have time to get it out of the way, and so I yank as hard as I can. The chain breaks and falls into my hand, along with a fistful of Raine’s hair. The butterfly charm slides off and onto the carpet, so I bend down to pick it up and then take off, running back down the hall as fast as I can.
    “You bitch!” Raine screams, and then starts running after me. I rush down the stairs and out the door, not sure exactly where I’m going, or what will happen if she’s able to catch me. I’m trying to get the necklace on, if I can just get the necklace on, I’ll have the power. But the chain is broken, and I’m struggling.
    I can hear Raine behind me, her footsteps echoing on the cobblestone walk. I run down the driveway, struggling to get the butterfly charm back on the chain. There’s a car in the street, someone arriving at the party, and the passenger side window rolls down.
    I look up and lock eyes with the driver
    Cam.
    “Nat,” he says, looking confused. “What’s going – ” And then he sees Raine, behind me, closing in. “Get in,” he says.
    I don’t hesitate. I jump into the car, slamming the door shut behind me as Cam takes off down the street.
    “What the hell is going on?” he asks, looking in the rearview mirror as Raine heads back up the driveway, probably to get her car and come after us. My hands are shaking and it takes me a couple of tries to slide the butterfly charm back onto the chain.
    The loops around the clasp are bent, but I’m able to get them back into place and then finally, I fasten the necklace around my neck.
    A bolt of pain burns through my head. Everything’s black and blurry and foggy and then I’m hallucinating or dreaming or something.
    First, I see a boy. I’m in the woods, and there’s a boy I’ve never seen before.
    He’s my age, with blonde hair and blue eyes, and he’s being led away by two guards, and I’m screaming, I’m screaming at them not to hurt him, but someone is holding my arms so tight that it hurts. I look down and my legs are kicking, but they don’t look like my legs, they look like…Raine’s. I’m in Raine’s memory.
    Suddenly, the scene changes. Now I’m in a cave, Hadley’s lifeless body on the ground in front of me. I feel happy, excited. A little bad that I killed her, but like I know there was nothing else that could have been done.
    The scene switches again, and now I’m on the beach. I can smell the ocean, feel the sand under my feet. There’s a girl further down, sitting near the water, and I’m walking toward her. And then I realize it’s me . I’m in Raine’s memory, walking toward myself, and although I debate just killing this pathetic girl, ultimately I decide it’s not necessary. After all, she saved my life when I was in Hadley’s basement. And then I ‘m casting a spell. Taking away every memory she has of the last few days, taking everything until her eyes just go blank and she sits motionless in the sand. Then I feel her iPad in my hand, cool and heavy.
    The scene changes again. I’m back in the woods, there are girls laughing, and Cam’s lying underneath me. I look down. “A little souvenir of our romantic night together,” I whisper, and scratch him. He kisses me, his mouth hungry. And then I feel him going inside me, and I can’t tell if he’s really inside me physically or if I’m just taking in his energy, but it’s the best feeling I ever felt and it builds and builds until I can’t take it anymore.
    I’m screaming, and I don’t know if I’m doing it in Raine’s memory or in my real life, the life where I’m in the car with Cam, but I’m screaming, screaming, screaming.
    And then everything goes black…
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