Chapter 50: Secrets and Lies

By the time third period was over, Everly’s arm was driving her crazy. It was itching so badly, she had to go into the bathroom and scratch the living daylights out of it. She knew there was something wrong, but the idea that she was going to have to tell Jack that she may have been scratched by Rider made her stomach tighten up into a knot.

She was just about to push into the bathroom when she heard two familiar voices and froze with the door slightly ajar.

“So… now that you’re eighteen, you should have your powers, right? Why not just make Jack fall in love with you?”

That was Candace. Everly would recognize her voice anywhere. Powers? What powers?

“Shut your mouth, Candace!” Maura said harshly. “Someone could hear you!”

“No one is in here. I already checked the stalls.”

A small wall jutted out between the door and the sinks where it sounded like the two of them were standing. They wer