Page 71 of A University of Betrayal

I stared transfixed at my best friend, who was walking toward us with the DeLoughrey men as if she were one of them. Her walk was elegant, like the others’. She had always had a hot figure, indeed, but it was particularly noticeable at the moment. Maybe because of the skin-tight dress?

“They’ve transformed her,” Julie remarked dryly, and my heart skipped a beat.

What?Transformed?

“That’s going to cause a lot of trouble,” Vivienna added with a bitter tone.

“Shouldn’t we leave? They seem to be coming straight for us.”

Kelly, who was standing between Vivienna and Amber, didn’t seem to like the situation because she looked like she wanted to disappear, clinging to Amber’s arm.

“They’re coming straight for us,” Amber corrected her in a panic.

They all seemed to be afraid of the Ruisangors. I should be, too, because one of them had attacked me and my best friend. My best friend who was now walking around with the incredibly attractive, mysterious and arrogant Ruisangor guys as if she belonged to high society. She looked at the blond who had said something and laughed, taking off her sunglasses and looking straight at me, her expression stiffening.

“We shouldreallygo, Vi,” Amber said nervously.

Vivienna laughed softly. “This looks like drama, girls. And I’m certainly not going to miss it.”

Larissa looked changed. Her hair seemed fuller, shinier. Her lips rosier and her skin paler. She was wearing subtle make-up, as usual, but this time it emphasized her dark amber eyes more. Eyes that pierced me curiously.

“And I thought she was dead.” Vivienna laughed, just before the four of them came to a halt in front of us.

Enough Is Enough

Christopher Tyng

“Do I look dead to you, Vivienna?” Larissa asked ironically and gave Vivienna a fake smile, which she returned speechlessly.

Thenoureyes met.

I didn’t really know what to say.

“Why didn’t you contact me?” was the first thing that came out of my mouth.

I had to admit that it sounded harsh, but could I be blamed? I had been worried and here she was, as if none of this crap had happened. Along with the rich men whose people had attacked us.

“Aren’t you happy to see me?” she laughed and put a hand on my arm, but pulled it away again immediately.

“You could have been dead!” I continued. The anger was there, and it just had to come out.

“I’mnot,and nowrelax.We survived... that,” she said with a smile.

It was a fake smile. She seemed to want to say so much to me, but didn’t.

Damn,what had they done to her?

I looked to the men beside her, who seemed to be waiting impatiently for her. Adrian looked particularly grim.

“I’m sorry, okay? I lost my phone,” she said, and it sounded more honest than her last answer.

“You could have come to me. Where have you even been?” I continued.

I didn’t understand what she had to do with them, but I eyed the three next to her carefully, like they eyed me.

“With the bloodsuckers, where else?” Vivienna laughed mockingly. “Just watch out until the Councils find out. Because then you’re screwed.”

“She’s aLegacyRuisangor, not a Transformed,” the blond guy sighed dryly, and I didn’t understand a thing.

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