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leave now, if you know what’s good for you.”
    Trevor walks over to me, wraps his arms around my waist, and leans down to kiss me. Shocked, I just stand there, solid as a rock. I’ve seen an angry Payohlini before, and it doesn’t come close to the anger sprouting out of Pin. “I’ll see you tomorrow, Zola.”
    Trevor heads toward the door, and Pin follows behind him, locking him out as soon as he’s gone.
    Pin turns back to me, his hands balled into fists and his nostrils flared. I stumble backwards, and he grabs my arm, but I pull away from him. I don’t like this Pin.
    Swinging me up off the floor, Pin throws me over his shoulder and stomps to the bedroom. I release all the force of my fists onto his back, but he does not seem to notice. As soon as we enter the bedroom, he locks the door on us. In the next breath, he tosses me down against the rigid cold floor.

Chapter Twelve
    “WHO IN THE GLUCOXI galaxy was that?” Pin screams at me.
    “Why does it matter?” I scream back.
    “Because I am your guardian!”
    “Well, you were not being a guardian when you were at the table with all those giggling yellow-headed girls! When you let my family die before my very eyes!” Tears pour down my face. I hastily rub them away.
    Pin seems unable to think of anything to say, and taking advantage of that, I scuttle off the floor and dart for the door. As if anticipating my move, Pin kicks out a leg and trips me. With his hands gripping my waist, he throws me on the bed, and hovering over me, pulls out two sets of old rusty anklets. He attaches them to my arms and then the bedpost.
    “You are not allowed to leave this room, tonight,” Pin says, climbing off the bed. “Or see that boy, ever!”
    I pulled against my restraints. “You cannot do this to me!”
    “Yes, I can. I have authority over you.”
    My eyes narrow and an unpleasant smile spreads across my face. “You’re just jealous. Why else would you care who I talk to?”
    “Why would I be jealous?” he says, sneering. “I already have you drooling over me. For someone so bent on getting revenge on the Payohlini, you haven’t once tried to touch me.”
    A hot blush rushes my cheeks at how right he is.
    In heavy contrast to his harsh tone, Pin leans down and kisses me on the cheek, but jerks away again, with something like shock splattered across his face. “I will see you tonight, after my date with one of the yellow-headed girls .” He leaves the room.
    I scream after his retreating back, kicking my legs and beating my head against the bedpost. I don’t care if my head hurts like hell when this tantrum is over. I’ve never been so upset and embarrassed, except for when I watched Rican kill my sister, though that was a different kind of hurt. Now, I just want to morph, rage after Pin, and pull that girl’s entire respiratory system out! I want bloodshed.
    I want Pin!
    Did I really just admit that?
    I send out a blood curding screech. I want him!
    My body begins to ache. It’s the same pain I felt when I turned back into myself on Victian. Like every bone in my body is shattering, and every muscle is being torn away from those bones. I toss and turn, wishing I could hold myself, and eyes widened, I watch as my uniform turns to shreds and white fur takes its place.
    “No! I didn’t mean it!” I scream out.
    Screaming doesn’t help any. I’ve scarcely completed the words, and I morph into a monster. I hate this. I wish I never figured anything out. I should have let Rican kill me when he had the chance.
    Then I think about Pin. Maybe I can go see what’s so special about that girl.
    I grab a long black cloak that covers my ears and tail and claws. At least I can stand on my hind legs, instead of all four like some kind of animal. Someone, at least, had been rooting for me when they cursed me.
    I trot out the door and follow Pin’s scent. Though it is a challenge to determine Pin’s trail with all the toxic waste in this city, it takes me about