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"God," muttered Mason. "That guy is always working you. Doesn't he realize he's depriving us<br />
of your beauty and charm?"<br />
"Smiling face? Beauty and charm? You're laying it on a little thick this morning, aren't you?" I<br />
laughed.<br />
"Hey, I'm just telling it like it is. Really, you're lucky to have someone as suave and brilliant as<br />
me paying this much attention to you."<br />
I kept grinning. Mason was a huge flirt, and he liked to flirt with me in particular. Part of it was<br />
just because I was good at it and liked to flirt back. But I knew his feelings toward me were<br />
more than just friendly, and I was still deciding how I felt about that. He and I had the same<br />
goofy sense of humor and frequently drew attention to ourselves in class and among friends. He<br />
had gorgeous blue eyes and messy red hair that never seemed to lie flat. It was cute.<br />
But dating someone new was going to be kind of difficult when I still kept thinking about the<br />
time I was half-naked in bed with Dimitri.<br />
"Suave and brilliant, huh?" I shook my head. "I don't think you pay nearly as much attention to<br />
me as you do your ego. Someone needs to knock it down a little."<br />
"Oh yeah?" he asked. "Well, you can try your best on the slopes."<br />
I stopped walking. "The what?"<br />
"The slopes." He tilted his head. "You know, the ski trip."<br />
"What ski trip?" I was apparently missing something serious here.<br />
"Where have you been this morning?" he asked, looking at me like I was a crazy woman.<br />
"In bed! I only got up, like, five minutes ago. Now, start from the beginning and tell me what<br />
you're talking about." I shivered from the lack of movement. "And let's keep walking." We did.<br />
"So, you know how everyone's afraid to have their kids come home for Christmas? Well, there's<br />
this huge ski lodge in Idaho that's exclusively used by royals and rich Moroi. The people who<br />
own it are opening it up for Academy students and their families—and actually any other Moroi
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