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stared upward, glazed, over with a sort of shocked look about them, like the fox couldn't believe this was happening. Nausea built up in my stomach, but I forced myself to keep looking. I couldn't afford to be squeamish. I'd be killing Strigoi someday. If I couldn't handle a fox, I'd never survive major kills. What had happened to the fox was sick and twisted, obviously done by someone too fucked up for words. Lissa stared at it, her face death-pale, and took a few steps toward it, hand involuntarily reaching out. This gross act hit her hard, I knew, digging at her love of animals. She loved them, they loved her. While on our own, she'd often begged me for a pet, but I'd always refused and reminded her we couldn't take care of one when we might have to flee at a moment's notice. Plus, they hated me. So she'd contented herself with helping and patching up strays she found and making friends with other people's pets, like Oscar the cat. She couldn't patch this fox up, though. There was no coming back for it, but I saw in her face she wanted to help it, like she helped everything. I took her hand and steered her away, suddenly recalling a conversation from two years ago. "What is that? Is it a crow?” "Too big. It's a raven.” "Is it dead?” "Yeah. Definitely dead. Don't touch it.” She hadn't listened to me back then. I hoped she would now. "It was still alive when I got back," Lissa whispered to me, clutching my arm. "Barely. Oh God, it was twitching. It must have suffered so much.” I felt bile rise in my throat now. Under no circumstances would I throw up. "Did you—?” "No. I wanted to…I started to…”
"Then forget about it," I said sharply. "It's stupid. Somebody's stupid joke. They'll clean it up. Probably even give you a new room if you want.” She turned to me, eyes almost wild. "Rose…do you remember…that one time…” "Stop it," I said. "Forget about it. This isn't the same thing.” "What if someone saw? What if someone knows?…” I tightened my grip on her arm, digging my nails in to get her attention. She flinched. "No. It's not the same. It has nothing to do with that. Do you hear me?" I could feel both Natalie and Dimitri's eyes on us. "It's going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay.” Not looking like she believed me at all, Lissa nodded. "Get this cleaned up," Kirova snapped to the matron. "And find out if anyone saw anything.” Someone finally realized I was there and ordered Dimitri to take me away, no matter how much I begged them to let me stay with Lissa. He walked me back to the novices' dorm. He didn't speak until we were almost there. "You know something. Something about what happened. Is this what you meant when you told Headmistress Kirova that Lissa was in danger?" "I don't know anything. It's just some sick joke." "Do you have any idea who'd do it? Or why?" I considered this. Before we'd left, it could have been any number of people. That was the way it was when you were popular. People loved you, people hated you. But now? Lissa had faded off to a certain extent. The only person who really and truly despised her was Mia, but Mia seemed to fight her battles with words, not actions. And even if she did decide to do something more aggressive, why do this? She didn't seem like the type. There were a million other ways to get back at a person. "No," I told him. "No clue.” "Rose, if you know something, tell me. We're on the same side. We both want to protect her. This is serious.”
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"Then forget about it," I said sharply. "It's stupid. Somebody's stupid joke. They'll clean it up.<br />
Probably even give you a new room if you want.”<br />
She turned to me, eyes almost wild. "Rose…do you remember…that one time…”<br />
"Stop it," I said. "Forget about it. This isn't the same thing.”<br />
"What if someone saw? What if someone knows?…”<br />
I tightened my grip on her arm, digging my nails in to get her attention. She flinched. "No. It's<br />
not the same. It has nothing to do with that. Do you hear me?" I could feel both Natalie and<br />
Dimitri's eyes on us. "It's going to be okay. Everything's going to be okay.”<br />
Not looking like she believed me at all, Lissa nodded.<br />
"Get this cleaned up," Kirova snapped to the matron. "And find out if anyone saw anything.”<br />
Someone finally realized I was there and ordered Dimitri to take me away, no matter how much<br />
I begged them to let me stay with Lissa. He walked me back to the novices' dorm. He didn't<br />
speak until we were almost there. "You know something. Something about what happened. Is<br />
this what you meant when you told Headmistress Kirova that Lissa was in danger?"<br />
"I don't know anything. It's just some sick joke."<br />
"Do you have any idea who'd do it? Or why?"<br />
I considered this. Before we'd left, it could have been any number of people. That was the way<br />
it was when you were popular. People loved you, people hated you. But now? Lissa had faded<br />
off to a certain extent. The only person who really and truly despised her was Mia, but Mia<br />
seemed to fight her battles with words, not actions. And even if she did decide to do something<br />
more aggressive, why do this? She didn't seem like the type. There were a million other ways to<br />
get back at a person. "No," I told him. "No clue.”<br />
"Rose, if you know something, tell me. We're on the same side. We both want to protect her.<br />
This is serious.”
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