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uneasiness in his voice. "He sort of elaborated on what was in your note. Got into a little more
detail.”
"Oh, I get it. He said we had sex." I didn't need to mince words. Christian nodded. So. Jesse
was trying to boost his own reputation. Okay. That I could deal with. Not like my reputation
was that stellar to begin with. Everyone already believed I had sex all the time.
"And uh, Ralf too. That you and he—”
Ralf? No amount of alcohol or any illegal substance would make me touch him. "I—what? That
I had sex with Ralf too?”
Christian nodded.
"That asshole! I'm going to—”
"There's more.”
"How? Did I sleep with the basketball team?”
"He said—they both said—you let them…well, you let them drink your blood.”
That stopped even me. Drinking blood during sex. The dirtiest of the dirty. Sleazy. Beyond
being easy or a slut. A gazillion times worse than Lissa drinking from me for survival. Bloodwhore
territory.
"That's crazy!" Lissa cried. "Rose would never—Rose?”
But I wasn't listening anymore. I was in my own world, a world that took me across the
classroom to where Jesse and Ralf sat. They both looked up, faces half smug and
half…nervous, if I had to guess. Not unexpected, since they were both lying through their teeth.
The entire class came to a standstill. Apparently they'd been expecting some type of showdown.
My unstable reputation in action.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" I asked in a low, dangerous voice.