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enough to host us. Whatever we do shouldn’t upset him.”
    Bree’s eyes lingered on Robbie with a mix of desire and regret. “I’m not sure my dad would notice if we mixed it up,” she admitted, “but it’s probably a good idea not to find out. Better to keep the girls and guys separate.”
    I tried not to look disappointed and told myself that Bree and Hunter were right.
    â€œRobbie and I can take the study,” Hunter volunteered.
    Robbie walked over to the pile of luggage in the living room and picked up his pack and a small green stuff sack. “Air mattress,” he explained.
    â€œMorgan and I can take the guest room,” Bree said. “That’s the room I usually sleep in when I come down here, anyway.”
    â€œSounds good,” I said, surprised and pleased that Bree had chosen me for her roommate.
    â€œThat means Sky and I have the living room,” Raven said.
    Sky said, “I think I’ll go out for a walk. Don’t wait up for me.”
    Raven stared at her in disbelief. “Oh, come on! I can’t believe you’re still upset. I was just flirting with him. It was harmless.”
    â€œThat’s not how I saw it,” Sky said, her voice tight.
    Raven made a face. “Oh, Jesus.”
    â€œLook, we’ll just rearrange,” Hunter said, sounding weary. “Robbie and I can share the foldout in the living room. Sky can have the study.”
    â€œAnd where does that leave me?” Raven demanded, one hand on her hip.
    Bree took the air mattress from Robbie. “You can sleep in the guest room with me and Morgan,” she said. “Really, it will be totally comfortable.”
    â€œBrilliant,” said Hunter. “Then everybody’s happy.”
    I don’t think anyone actually believed that, but we all went off to our agreed-upon quarters.
    For the next fifteen minutes Bree and Raven and I worked on inflating the air mattress and getting sheets and blankets on all three beds. I was fighting a sense of crashing disappointment. How did my romantic getaway with Hunter turn into a sleepover with the girls?
    Bree grabbed a robe from behind the door and announced she was going to take a shower, leaving me in the guest room with Raven. I pulled my nightgown out of my pack. It was a simple white cotton gown cut straight across the chest with skinny ribbon shoulder straps. Actually, it was Mary K.’s; she had loaned it to me. I didn’t even own a nightgown.
    â€œYou want to wear this,” Mary K. had assured me. “Trust me, Hunter will love it.”
    Hunter’s not even going to see it, I thought grumpily.
    Raven had changed into a loose black T-shirt with the neck and arms cut out. She was sitting on the air mattress, examining the black polish on her toenails. “Sky can be a cold bitch sometimes,” she muttered.
    â€œMaybe,” I agreed. “But I think your flirting with Killian was hard on her.”
    Raven snorted. “She knows that didn’t mean anything.”
    â€œThen why was she so freaked?”
    â€œI don’t know,” Raven said irritably.
    I wondered how far into this conversation I should go. Though we were in the same coven, Raven and I had never exactly been friends. She was a senior and hung out with a much tougher crowd than I ever had. The idea of me, who’d been kissed by all of two boys, giving Raven Meltzer romantic advice was a joke.
    I was brushing out my hair when Raven said, “So tell me—what’s your theory? On Sky, I mean.”
    Okay, it was definitely a weird night. I chose my words carefully. “Sky cares about you, and you hurt her. I think her coldness is the way she reacts to being hurt. If I were you, I’d give her another chance,” I said. Then, before things could get any weirder, I grabbed my toothbrush and headed for the bathroom.
    Robbie was already standing in line, listening to the sound of the shower. I