[Lily]
My best friend, the one person I can depend on in this world is standing on the front steps to the school, with angry eyes and a disappointed smile. Turning on heel, her hair arch behind her as she whips around, the beads on the ends of her box braids clacking together.
“Nyx! Wait up!” I shout as I follow her back into the school. The lights overhead are starting to glow as the sun slowly sets. I hadn't realized it, but Atticus and I had been gone all day.
“I can’t believe I was worried about you! Do you know who told me where to find you? Evie! Of all the people in the damn world to have more of a clue about where you were than your best friend, to think it would be that soul-sucking, foul-mouthed succubus girlfriend of his!”
Nyx is out of breath as she spins on her heels, sto
