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that everything had gone as planned and at that very moment she was holed up in some undisclosed location with the most kick-ass Shifter Jase ever met. “Liam will take care of her.”
    Talley turned the monkey around so it was facing Jase and moved his head up and down. “Scout can take care of herself,” she said in what Jase could only assume was supposed to be a monkey voice.
    Jase got up and moved over to the bed, sitting as far away from Talley as was possible on a dorm bed. “Where do you think she is right now?”
    “I don’t know. Maybe—”
    “I wasn’t asking you. I was talking to Guido.”
    The sock monkey turned to face him once again. “Bahamas. Sitting on the beach, soaking up the sun, and drinking frozen drinks she’s not legally old enough to imbibe.”
    “Sounds just like my sister. Out there goofing off while the rest of us are working our asses off. She’s such a slacker.”
    Guido tilted his head to one side. “Language, Jase.”
    “Ass.”
    “Jase…”
    “Assy-ass ass-ass.”
    “Stop it,” the monkey commanded.
    “What are ya going to do, Orangutan Butt?”
    The sock monkey turned his little head to Talley and nodded. She nodded back. Then, she slowly and deliberately raised a finger on the hand that wasn’t controlling Guido and starting inching it towards Jase. As he watched it drawing closer and closer to his skin, he imagined letting her do it. What would it be like for her to know everything going on inside his head? Would it be one of those and-the-truth-shall-set-you-free moments? Or would she be repulsed by what she Saw? Could he survive it if it was the second? Was it worth the risk if it was the first? He made his decision with only two inches separating Talley’s finger from his bare arm.
    “Okay, okay. I give. I’m sorry for being such an ass and saying ‘ass’ an ass-million times.” The finger came an inch closer. “Okay! Fine! You win. No more potty words. Pinky-promise.”
    Once Talley’s finger moved out of the danger zone, he leaned over so he could be face-to-face with the monkey. “You do realize it’s totally unfair to make Tal do your dirty work for you, right?”
    Guido leaned in. “You do realize you’re having an argument with an inanimate object, right?”
    The force of Jase’s laughter was enough to topple him onto his side. On any other bed in the world it would have been okay, but Jase figured the guy who had his mattress last year must have weighed at least 500 pounds and slept on the very edge of the bed. As a result, it had absolutely no support, which sent Jase on a collision course with the floor. On instinct, Talley reached out to stop him, and in attempt to avoid her touch, Jase twisted himself away mid-fall. He wanted to be impressed with his awesome Shifter dexterity, but he was too busy stringing together a collection of the world’s greatest non-cuss-word exclamations to describe his feelings about landing in the middle of the open pizza box.
    “Sorry,” Talley said, her hands doing some strange dance in front of him, desperate to help but unable to do so without touching him. “Oh, Jase. I’m so sorry.”
    Jase stood up and peeled a slice off his butt. “Stop saying you’re sorry. It’s not your fault I’m an idiot.” Talley was always apologizing for crap she didn’t do, and it drove him insane. Why on earth she felt the need to bear the problems of the world was beyond him.
    Actually, no. That was wrong. He knew the exact reason; she felt like she was always the one to screw up, and one of these days he was going to make sure to thank her mother for that.
    “I don’t suppose you know whatever my mom’s secret trick is to get grease out of clothes,” he said, pulling his jeans down over his hips.
    A yelp had Jase turning to see what was wrong. He found Talley with both hands over her face.
    “What are you doing?”
    “Taking off the Pizza Pants of Shame.” He looked down to make sure he hadn’t accidentally