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jolt of energy that simple touch had caused.
    Hell . Door. Where was the door?
    “Take care,” he said to no one in particular, before hurrying out of the doors.
    Sometimes, there was no shame in waving a white flag and running the fuck out of there.
     

     
    Every day, she woke up at twilight, cold and shivering at the nightmares. The memories. The guilt.
    The guilt was prominent. The shadow of everyone she’d left behind – and Cece in particular – wasn’t far every time something good happened to her; a ghost reminding her that she didn’t deserve any of it.
    She was treated like a princess, there was no other word for it. Day three, she was given a bank card with her name on it, and informed that a huge personal allowance was going to get transferred in her account on a regular basis.
    “What is it for?” she asked, confused.
    They’d purchased anything she could possibly want, she already had a laptop in her room, and a phone just like Jessica’s mysteriously appeared next to it.
    “Anything,” Charlotte shrugged, before amending that statement, mentioning that she wasn’t allowed to purchase drugs.
    “It’s strictly forbidden at the Academy,” she’d explained, as though it needed justification.
    “I can’t take it… it’s too much.”
    “Two hundred dollars a week is hardly a fortune, Fay. It’s a very basic allowance – to cover your food when you’re out for lunch, the occasional coffee and some nights out with your friends. You’ll wish you had more when you’re used to NYC.”
    Unlikely.
    “If you need some extra cash, you can work for it,” she added. “There’s always some inventorying and other boring stuff to do – just ask. But the Academy will keep you busy, and you shouldn’t worry about anything but your studies. Your pocket money comes from my account; feel free to give it back to me when you get a job if you want to.”
    The knot in her stomach loosened. Firstly, it wasn’t another thing she owed to William – that was a considerable bonus point. But the prospect of being able to pay it back was what sold her on it; although, from what she could tell of Charlotte’s demeanor, the vampire wasn’t particularly bothered whether she did or not.
    Armed with her own money – of sort – she felt bold enough to mention going out in the city the next day; no one protested.
    Would that ever fail to surprise her?
    “Let’s go, then,” Jessica said.
    She’d tagged along, trailing a couple of meters behind her.
    Admittedly, Fay had wondered if she was there to ensure she wasn’t running away, but an incident cleared that up.
    Some guy of the bloodsucking sort stopped her and got a bit too friendly.
    “Come on, beautiful,” he’d said, his nostrils visibly inhaling her scent. “You know you want me.”
    She’d said no. Three times. By the third one, it was firm and dismissive. Something in his conduct – and the fact that he hadn’t lifted his hand to strike her – made her understand that he wasn’t going to hurt her in public.
    Her confidence grew exponentially; she came out of her shell and just told him to fuck off.
    “Don’t be like that, da’ling. I’ll make you come so hard you…”
    He never finished that sentiment, thrown a good ten steps back so quickly Fay didn’t even see the movements. All she knew was that Jessica was next to her, glaring at the vampire.
    “She fucking said no , dickwit.”
    Fay stared open mouthed, almost drooling.
    Damn if Jessica didn’t look – and sounded – kick ass.
    She wanted that. She wanted to be able to glare like that and have men cower away sprouting apologies.
    Sure, it wasn’t likely, given the fact that she was a hundred percent human, and a tiny little one at that, but a girl could dream.
    “That was amazing.”
    Jessica just shrugged, gesturing forward.
    “Carry on, then.”
    She bit her lip and frowned.
    “Spit it out.”
    “You could walk with me?”
    It was just silly to have her follow her from a