Rachel’s POV I don’t know if it’s because of the first cut, our friendship, or something else entirely, but somewhere along the way, I developed a kind of mind link with Payton and Harley. Which is how I know that something is very, very wrong with them. I’m in the middle of Compelling three young, naïve teenage girls when it happens. Nate is with me, of course. True to his word, he has faithfully been at my side throughout this entire, f****d-up process. He grumbles and gripes about it pretty often, then steals me away for more hot, angry s*x, then we get back to it. It’s actually kind of nice. But that’s not the point at the moment. “I think they f*****g did it,” I tell Nate, breaking eye contact with my latest victims and leaving them blinking and confused. “I think they finishe

