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"I'm sick of it too. We missed you last night. A bunch of us went and shot pool in the rec room.
Eddie was on fire.”
I groaned. "Don't tell me that. I don't want to hear about your glamorous social life.”
"All right." He propped his elbow up on the table and rested his chin in his hand. "Then tell me
about Mia. You're just going to turn around and punch her one day, aren't you? I think I
remember you doing that at least ten times with people that pissed you off.”
"I'm a new, reformed Rose," I said, doing my best impression of demure. Which wasn't very
good. He emitted a choking sort of laugh. "Besides, if I do that, I'll have broken my probation
with Kirova. Gotta walk the straight and narrow.”
"In other words, find some way to get back at Mia that you won't get in trouble for.”
I felt a smile tug at the corners of my lips. "You know what I like about you, Mase? You think
just like I do.”
"Frightening concept," he replied drily. "So tell me what you think of this: I might know
something about her, but I probably shouldn't tell you … ”
I leaned forward. "Oh, you already tipped me off. You've got to tell me now.”
"It'd be wrong," he teased. "How do I know you'd use this knowledge for good instead of evil?”
I batted my eyelashes. "Can you resist this face?”
He took a moment to study me. "No. I can't, actually. Okay, here you go: Mia isn't royal.”
I slouched back in my chair. "No kidding. I already knew that. I've known who's royal since I
was two.”
"Yeah, but there's more than just that. Her parents work for one of the Drozdov lords." I waved
my hand impatiently. A lot of Moroi worked out in the human world, but Moroi society had
plenty of jobs for its own kind too. Someone had to fill them. "Cleaning stuff. Practically
servants. Her dad cuts grass, and her mom's a maid.”