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WILLOWI have been having nightmares. Strange dreams where I’m being haunted. In my dreams, I am always running away from some faceless dark force and every single time, I end up underground, in a dark room, akin to a basement. Creepy as hell.Having these dreams have been sucking the strength out of my bones. They’ve definitely been a distraction, especially with all the exams I have to prep for. I’ve got no papers to write today, and so I call Ginny and set up a meeting. She’s the only person I feel comfortable with, enough to talk about my nightmares. And that’s because I know she would have the right words to say. Hopefully an interpretation. Perhaps some potion I could take to keep the demons at bay. At least until exams are done with.“I’m glad you called,” Ginny slips into the seat across from mine. We are at a milkshake spot, that sells the most delicious milkshakes on campus. They also sell ice cream cones and there’s quite a large variety of flavours to choose from.I had d

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WILLOW“Whoa. Vincent. Stop the car!” I call out to him in a panic, leaning forward.Next to me, Ginny sits up straighter. “What’s wrong Willow?”I don’t answer her. I just point out the window. She must have seen what I’d seen a few moments ago because she gasps in shock. “Oh my gods. Is that Tessa? What the fuck?”Vincent has already brought the car to a halt. He kills the engine and turns around to look at me. “Is everything okay, miss Thompson?”“No,” I grimace, gesturing for him to look out the window, to where Tessa is currently being slammed against a dirty alley wall. There are three guys surrounding her. They’ve got her cornered on all sides and they seem to be roughing her up pretty badly.I don’t need to be close enough to the action to know that she’s bleeding.“We have to do something,” I declare, not quite sure about what I plan to do. “We have to help her. They are hurting her pretty badly. Vincent!”“Forgive me miss Thompson but you can’t get involved.” Vincent takes h

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AIDENI find myself being more receptive to Scott. In the days that follow our first meeting, we’ve met up twice and each time, he’s fed me name lists and company data. We’ve done mock board meetings, and even tried to close mock deals.I know he call tell that my heart is really not in it but hedoesn’t push. He just keeps doing what he’s paid to do.“How are your trial preparations coming along?” Spencer asks, pouring me a whiskey. Neat. “I’ve received a couple of reports from Scott but I want to hear from you directly. Are you holding up?”I’m at headquarters. In Spencer’s office. This isn’t like the last time, when I had stormed in here. I’m not here to fight. Rather, I’m here to negotiate. To strike a deal with the boss himself.I accept the glass he holds out to me and take a slow sip. Then I set it down on the table, ignoring his inquiries about the trials. “I didn’t come here to talk about Scott’s babysitting skills. I’m here to talk about hockey.”I slide a folder across the t

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AIDENThe lunch party still isn’t giving me much of anything but I know something is up.Helen is nice. She keeps trying to strike up conversations with me, like we’re long lost friends. I can see a bit of Willow in the way she smiles.I wonder if Willow knows about this lunch meeting. I doubt it. Because if she did, she certainly would have said something to me.Helen is curious about what my life has been like. She asks about college and hockey. She even asks about my relationship with Willow. It is at this point that Cary chooses to get involved.“So, I hear trials start in a few days,” he quips. “You must be excited at the prospect of having to prove yourself to the larger family, as well as the company.”Not really. But I doubt Spencer would be pleased to hear that. So, I lie. “Yeah. I can’t wait.”“I bet Theo intends to be a most vicious contender,” he plops a slice of steak in his mouth.Now that he mentions Theo, why isn’t he here with us?“Forgive me,” I speak up, having had

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