RUBY My stomach knotted with uneasiness as I drew my brows together slightly. Had her mother recovered? Was that why she came back so soon? I scrolled through the group chat, reading the girls' messages to check if any of them mentioned it, but none did. Instead, the group was filled with happy emojis and flattering words. I sucked in a sharp breath. Something about this didn’t sit right with me. Or... did she come back because she’d heard I was now in the Queen K group? No. Lizzy wouldn’t abandon her mother, who was on the brink of death, just because of me... right? I shook my head, pushing the thought away, but the unease only grew stronger as another thought hit me. Like Sebastian said, I didn’t know what Lizzy was capable of doing. Was it possible she had something to do with

