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cheeks going red and he r face flushed with heat. She pulled her blanket further up over her chest and sighed.
    “There isn’t much to tell.”
    “So a strange Werewolf comes into town and you don’t think to tell me?”
    “He wasn’t a Werewolf when I met him Zoe. I mean, he was one but I didn’t know it. Not until he went mental and chased me down. By then there wasn’t much time to talk.”
    “Is he cute? ”
    A vision of onyx black hair and icy blue eyes filled Selena’s mind and she smiled. “So pretty I could cry.”
    “Zac Efron pretty?”
    Selena chuckled. “Prettier.”
    With a barely contained squeal, Zoe jumped up from her cot and bounced onto Selena ’s , taking them both back to their elementary school days of hiding beneath the sheets with a flashlight.
    “This is crazy Selena. You’re a freaking princess! I can’t wait to see your castle. I bet you’ve got some fabulous clothes and — ”
    “Zoe!”
    Selena grasped Zoe’s shoulders and shook her, trying not to let her friend’s excitement get to her.
    “You’re forgetting the part about the war and the crazy queen that wants my head on a pike. What about the part where I lead an army against her? Or the part where I become ruler of a kingdom? That means I’d never go home again.”
    “Why would you want to go home again? And what about the part where you get to meet your parents? Jake and Wil mentioned your father in the present tense, Selena, so that means he’s alive. You finally get to know where you come from and learn where you get your freaky powers. I’m still mad at you for not telling me about that, by the way.”
    “What was I supposed to say? ‘ H ey , Zoe . Nice to meet you, my name is Selena McKinley and I can outrun a Mustang ’ .”
    “The car or the horse?”
    “Why does that even matter?”
    Zoe shrugged. “Just seems like the car might be faster.”
    “Both, okay?”
    Zoe whistled. “I can’t wait to see that. Soon as we land this thing I want a full demonstration.”
    “I don’t think so.”
    “Selena.”
    Selena whipped the covers aside and left the bed. “Look, the only reason I haven’t asked them to turn this ship around is because my Gram is going to die unless we let those Fae rie people take care of her. We’re staying long enough to get her better, say thank you to the nice winged peop le , and then we’re going home!”
    “Where you’ll go back to being a misunderstood nobody,” Zoe said softly.
    Selena paused, her hand on the doorknob. She lowered her head as the truth of Zoe’s words sunk in.
    “I don’t intend to stay in Twin Oaks forever,” Selena said lamely. “I’ve been saving up to move away, remember?”
    “And do what?” Zoe asked from her spot on Selena’s cot. “Work as a waitress somewhere while you struggle to make rent? Moonlight as a stripper named ‘Chandelier’ on the weekends?”
    “Zoe , that’s not funny.”
    “No, but it’s worth thinking about. Everyone knows that I’m not going to do much with my life. If I do go to college, I won’t get much further than Baylor and that’s only if my college fund cove rs it. I’ll end up growing old in Twin Oaks married to one of the McClendon boys or something.”
    “Hey , that oldest one is cute. What’s his name again?”
    “Mark is hot, yes, but you’re missing my point,” Zoe said. “I am okay with living that kind of life, Selena. You never have been. Maybe this is the answer, this destiny Wil told you about. It might be worth it for you to check it out and see where this leads. Who knows, you might actually feel like you belong for a change.”
    Selena shrugged as she pulled the door open, desperate to escape Zoe and the truth.
    “ I’m not willing to risk my life or the lives of the people I love over this,” Selena said before leaving the room, “and I don’t intend to change my mind.”
     
    ~*~

 
    Chapter Five
     
    Wil Grimm stood alone on the ship’s deck as Selena climbed the