“What am I going to tell your mom and Mia? They’ll be worried if I don’t call to say I’m staying out,” Amelia expressed her new concern several minutes later. Itzal had spent each of those minutes observing her, watching as the numbness left her and panic took its place, clearly reflected in her eyes. He saw her silently trying to convince herself that everything would be alright. Finally, he saw her take a deep breath, straighten her posture, and prepare to face what was coming.
“There’s no way you could say you’re with me, right?” he asked, already knowing the answer. Amelia looked embarrassed as she shook her head no. "Okay, let me think of something.”
He didn't have to think for long. Maybe it was the fact that they’d used that strategy at Lucas’s party, or maybe for some other rea
