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Chapter 22: Turned and Twisted
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LOVE, LIKE BLOOD Chapter 22: Turned and Twisted
School had never felt this silent.Not in the halls. Not in the classrooms.Not in me.Since the last body was found, everything shifted. The air carried a weight no one spoke about, like we were all pretending not to drown.Teachers gave shorter assignments. Students kept their voices down, like volume might summon something worse.I didn’t talk to Aiden. Not in Bio. Not in French.He didn’t press, but I could feel him. Watching. Waiting.Sebastian was gone. No texts. No sudden appearances outside my house. No smug comments were whispered in the dark corners of the school.I overheard a few cheerleaders whispering that Evie hadn’t been in school either.They sounded more curious than concerned.But I was.Not for her—For what might’ve happened to her.The silence from both of them felt too loud.And part of me was scared.Scared Sebastian had gotten to her.It had been over a week now.I needed a distraction.So when the cheer captain brushed by me in the hallway and said, “That off
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Blood blossomed warm against my tongue before the echo of her scream finished reverberating off the brick.She thrashed—weak, drunken swipes that barely skimmed my shoulders.Still, I pinned her wrists against the alley wall, breath flooding hot across her cheek.“Sh-sh it’s almost over,” I murmured, voice thick with the rush.Her pulse hammered wildly, terrified. I could taste the adrenaline, the heartbreak, the cheap vodka.I drank deeper. The alley spun, colors sharpening, senses igniting.Then—Footsteps.I froze.Not police—too light.Not Noah—her scent wasn’t on the wind.Someone else is leaving the club, laughing, heels clicking.I tore my mouth away, yanked Evie deeper into the shadows behind a stack of crates. She sagged, half-conscious, a thin moan escaping her parted lips.Too messy. Focus.I listened — the couple wandered past the alley mouth, oblivious, their laughter fading into the throb of bass. When the street settled again, I exhaled—slow, controlled.Evie’s head lol
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She walked beside me—but not with me.I could feel it. The stiffness in her spine, the slow-burning defiance in every reluctant step. She was done moving on my command. She’d let the scene play out to end Aiden’s questions, but the fire under her skin was for me now.Not desire. Fury.Good.Let it burn.We reached the alley behind the station, empty and shadowed. I stopped. She didn’t.“Noah,” I said flatly.She spun around, eyes lit like the sky before lightning cracks.She slapped me.The sound echoed through the alley like a shot.My head jerked sideways, not from the force, but from the fact that she did it. Her hand lingered in the air for a second—shaking. Not with fear.With fury.“Don’t you ever touch him again,” she hissed.I blinked. Blood buzzing behind my eyes.“You’re defending him? A human boy who can’t even tell the difference between danger and desire?”She crossed her arms. “I thought he was your friend.”“You should stay away from Aiden,” I said, stepping closer.She
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The words hit harder than a slap.Not because I didn’t expect them.But because I did.They’d been living in his eyes since that night—unspoken, trembling on the edge of every glance, every hesitation when he looked at me too long. I’d just been pretending not to notice.I opened my mouth. Closed it again.There wasn’t an answer that didn’t break something.Aiden stood in front of me, not flinching, not backing away. But I could feel the space between us stretch tight. His body was still. His breath was uneven. He wasn’t angry.He was trying.Trying to understand. Trying not to be afraid.And that made it worse.Because he deserved the truth. And the truth… was the ugliest thing I owned.I dropped my gaze to the ground. The run here had pulled every dormant craving to the surface, and standing this close to him made everything worse. His pulse echoed in my ears like a whisper against glass.I clenched my fists. Focused on the burn in my throat. Anything but the blood scent lifting off
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The lights in this room made my skin feel too tight.Buzzing. Cold. Flickering like they could cut right through skin if you sat here long enough.I was on my second glass of water. The detective hadn’t touched his.He just sat there with his notebook open like it mattered. Like anything he wrote down would actually make sense of what was happening.“This is just routine,” he said, again. “You understand, right?”I didn’t answer. I nodded once. That was safer.Routine. Sure.They wanted to see if I’d flinch. See if I’d lie.But the truth? I didn’t have the energy to fake anything today.I was tired. And more than that—I was confused.Because ever since that night, things hadn’t felt normal. Not just in a “someone died” kind of way. But in a something’s wrong in the bones of this town kind of way.And maybe it started before Ash even died.Across the table, the detective scribbled something into his notebook, eyes flicking up to watch me like he could catch a lie on my face before it e
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The knock startled both of us.It was sharp but soft, hesitant—the kind that comes with caution and worry. I shifted back from Aiden instinctively, though we weren’t touching anymore.The blanket was pooled around our hips, the soft blue glow of his lamp still casting sleepy gold across his wall.He blinked toward the door, his body going still.“Aiden?” It was his mom’s voice, low but firm through the wood. “If you two are staying in there together, I need that door open. I can’t afford to deal with teen pregnancy on top of a murder investigation.”My lips parted in a stunned breath. Aiden’s eyes widened like someone had hit him in the face with a wet towel. I tried not to laugh.He groaned quietly, dragging a hand down his face. “Jesus Christ.”“Door,” his mom reminded.“I got it,” he called back, voice loud enough.He threw the blanket off and crossed the room to crack the door. Light spilled in, catching on the outline of his shoulders. His mom lingered just outside, her arms cros
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