Chapter 20
I rested my hand on the doorknob to the blood storage room and turned it, but it was locked.
“What are you doing?”
I froze, but when I realized I recognized the voice, I exhaled and turned around. “Hey, Tessa.”
She stood at the opposite end of the hall in an open doorway. She came toward me. “What do you need in that room? It’s a hundred percent off limits.”
It took me two seconds to decide to trust her. Besides, she seemed to know more about the school than anyone. “Can you keep a secret?”
She pointed to her head. “You’d die if you knew the secrets this vault contains.”
“Here’s one more for you. Last night I went outside again—”
“That was stupid.”
“Liam was there. I got him to tell me why he’s hanging outside the walls all the time.” I quickly told her about the blood
