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Gabriel\u2019s on his hands and knees, tearing through the grass like a man possessed, and his breathing is all wrong. He\u2019s having a panic attack, I think. I crouch beside him and put my hand on his shoulder. \u201cHey, breathe.\u201d He doesn\u2019t seem to hear me. His hands keep moving, frantic and desperate. \u201cListen to me. You need to breathe.\u201d Nothing. His breaths are coming in short, sharp gasps, and his whole body is trembling.<\/p>\n

I shift closer and wrap my arms around him, pulling him toward me. He resists for a second, his muscles rigid, then collapses against me. He buries his face in my neck. I feel something wet against my skin. He\u2019s crying. I freeze, my arms still around him, unsure what to do. This isn\u2019t the arrogant hockey player everyone knows. It\u2019s not the guy who made my sister\u2019s life hell. But it\u2019s… I don\u2019t know, but I hold him tighter anyway. \u201cIt\u2019s okay,\u201d I say quietly, even though I don\u2019t know if it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust breathe with me. In and out.\u201d His breaths are ragged against my neck, and I feel his fingers clutch at my jacket. I keep my arm around him and rub slow circles on his back with the other. \u201cBreathe in through your nose,\u201d I say. \u201cHold it. Now out through your mouth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He tries, but it comes out choppy and uneven. \u201cThat\u2019s good. Try again.\u201d I keep talking to him, and slowly, his breathing starts to even out. The shaking doesn\u2019t stop, but it lessens, and his grip on my jacket loosens slightly. Movement catches my eye. Someone\u2019s near the edge of the trees, looking at us. I can\u2019t make out who it is from the distance, but they\u2019re definitely watching. Then they turn and disappear into the shadows. I glance down at the grass near Gabriel\u2019s knee, and I know immediately what it is.<\/p>\n

The bracelet. I reach for it and pick it up, then pull back slightly. \u201cGabriel.\u201d He doesn\u2019t move. \u201cI found it.\u201d He lifts his head and looks at the bracelet in my hand. He takes it from me with trembling fingers and clutches it like it\u2019s the most precious thing in the world. \u201cThank you,\u201d he whispers, his face still wet with tears. I nod and sit back, giving him space. He slips the bracelet back on his wrist and stares at it for a long moment, his breathing still uneven but slower now.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour brother?\u201d I ask carefully. He nods but doesn\u2019t look at me. \u201cWhat happened to him?\u201d He\u2019s quiet for so long I think he won\u2019t answer. \u201cShooting.\u201d I stare at him. A shooting? His brother was killed in a shooting? Oh shit! \u201cI\u2019m sorry. My sister died not too long ago. Life\u2019s been hell without her.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Copyright \u00a9 2025 Talia Ellison All rights reserved. No part of this novel may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the prior permission in writing from the author. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents either are products of the author\u2019s imagination or are used fictitiously.<\/p>\n

Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. For more information about the author, go to: http:\/\/taliaellison.weebly.com Table of Contents Copyright Page Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Epilogue Also By Talia Ellison Chapter 1 SCARLETT I PUSH THE DOOR TO my new dorm room open and let out a breath.<\/p>\n

No one else is here. The space only belongs to me, and that\u2019s exactly what I need. It took some cash and a carefully worded email to make it happen. I framed it as needing privacy for personal reasons, and the housing coordinator didn\u2019t mind. Mistakes happen all the time in student housing, and, apparently, I\u2019m one of them. I drop my bags and move straight to the closet.<\/p>\n

The lockbox comes out of my backpack first, and I set it on the floor before crouching down to open it. The photo of my sister is on top. Carla stares back at me, frozen in a moment I can barely remember now. Her smile is wide and genuine, like it was before Gabriel Santelli destroyed her.<\/p>\n

I run my fingers over her face and lean closer to the image. \u201cI\u2019m going to make him pay,\u201d I whisper. \u201cI promise.\u201d My throat tightens, but I don\u2019t let myself cry. Crying won\u2019t bring her back. It won\u2019t undo the night she jumped into the ocean from a cliff. When they found her body later, everyone called it suicide because that\u2019s what it looked like. But I know better. I know who pushed her to do it.<\/p>\n

I pull out the stack of papers underneath the photo. Everything I\u2019ve gathered about Gabriel over the past year lives in these pages. I\u2019ve studied him like an enemy in war, and I know exactly how to get close to him. His picture is in the center of the first sheet. He has dark hair and blue eyes that probably make every girl on campus forget how to think straight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “” by Unknown, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.<\/em><\/p>\n

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