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around with any one particular guy at school. But she had gone to the movies with Ryan Patrick that time. Well, Ryan and a bunch of her other friends. Was Ryan the guy his sister was falling for?
    Ryan did make a point of telling me to invite Dani to his Valentine’s Day party
, Jason remembered.
So maybe Ryan is falling for Dani too.
    Jason wasn’t crazy about that idea. Not when he was almost positive that Ryan had fangs. Jason didn’t have anything against the vampires. How could he? He was totally, insanely in love with one of them. But he knew it could be dangerous to be around them. Hell, it was dangerous just to know they existed! Jason had almost been killed twice since he’d learned the truth about the popular crowd at DeVere High.
    But Dani couldn’t be in love with a vampire, Jason told himself. Not yet, anyway. Ryan – if Ryan was even the guy she’d been gushing over – had only been back in school for a few months. Surely that wasn’t long enough for Dani to get really serious about him.
    Yeah, like you didn’t fall for Sienna the first time you saw her
, a voice in Jason’s head mocked.
That first day at school, in the cafeteria line, when she teased you for being clueless about what a green Borba was – you were gone. Do you think Dani is so—?
    Jason was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of a text message arriving on his cell. The message was from Sienna: GOT TO GO TO CHARITY THING WITH THE RENTS . SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. TALK IN THE A.M. XXOO .
    Unbelievable.
    Or else totally believable and just a continuation of what had happened yesterday on the yacht.
Have Sienna’s parents decided to try and keep her from seeing me
? Jason wondered.
    He took a deep breath. He couldn’t let himself get all bent about this until he knew for sure what the deal was. Sienna’s parents were really into the local charity scene. Maybe Sienna had just forgotten about one of the million events her parents expected her to attend. Maybe it was just a coincidence that this was happening the day after Mr Devereux had ordered the yacht back to shore.
    Jason flopped down on his bed and kicked off his shoes, then flipped on the TV. He should probably study, but he was so not in the mood. He channel-surfed all the way up to the pay-per-view stuff and all the way back down again. Nothing held his attention for more than a few seconds.
    Finally, with a growl of frustration, he gave up and snatched his chemistry book off the nightstand. He might as well get something slightly worthwhile out of his evening, even if it was just a few more points on the next chem quiz.
    The thing was, four hours later, when he heard Dani coming up the stairs, he couldn’t remember a thing that he’d read. He hadn’t really been able to stop thinking about Sienna.
    Jason couldn’t stop himself from grinning, though, when he heard Dani singing as she walked by his room.
At least somebody had a good time
, he thought. He leaned over to switch off his bedside lamp and a twinge of pain vibrated through his chest muscles where the crossbow had wounded him.
    The grin slid off his face. If Dani had been hanging with Ryan a few months ago, she could have been the one who’d ended up with a crossbow bolt in her chest.
It’s dangerous for her to get involved with any of the vampires
, Jason thought.
Life-and-death dangerous.

Five
     
    SIENNA GAVE A little beep on the Spider’s horn as Jason walked through the school parking lot the next morning. He hurried over and swung himself into the passenger seat, leaning in for a kiss before he’d even closed the door.
    But Sienna’s grave expression stopped him. ‘What’s wrong?’ he asked, brushing her long hair away from her face.
    ‘My parents sat me down for a
talk
when we got home from that charity dinner last night,’ she said. ‘They don’t want me to see you anymore.’
    ‘What?’ Horror rocked through Jason’s body.
    ‘I know.’ Sienna sounded miserable.
    ‘But I don’t get it.