Veronica POV
‘Wakey, wakey…’
Veronica’s eyes flew open—and locked onto a face hovering inches from hers.
“AAAHH!” she screamed, scrambling back.
Simon screamed too—high-pitched and theatrical. ‘Stop doing that! You nearly scared me to death! Again!’
“You were in my face!” she snapped, rubbing her temples. “You’re the ghost!”
Simon clutched his chest like a Victorian widow. ‘You know, for a living girl, you’re the scary one.’
She rolled her eyes. But something in his expression caught her off guard—serious, almost…sad? But it was gone before she could name it.
‘Let’s go investigate the pack,’ Simon said with a grin, ‘I bet there are some hot warriors I can drool over,’
“That’s all you ever think about,” Veronica scoffed.
‘Hey, I’ve been dead for quite a while. It’s my only enterta
