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tried to play it off.
    “No, quite the opposite actually. You see, I’m an assassin, and she’s my target...Grim Reaper style.” I winked, and when I looked back at Lacie, her eyes were wide, and she shook her head. I hoped Cameron didn’t catch it. Sometimes, the truth was so much easier than stringing together lies. He didn’t believe it anyway, so I was safe.
    I heard someone laugh out loud behind us. I turned to see Catherine there with another one of the Guardians from the house. She pointed up and down her leg and then back to me. “SLUT,” she mouthed.
    “Freaking bitch,” I said out loud
    “Who?” Cameron asked
    “No one. Nothing. Sorry. Lacie, isn’t it time we get to class?”
    “Oh yeah, it is. See you guys later,” Myah said as she, Chad, and Cameron headed back inside. Lacie and I stood up from the table, and Catherine began walking our way with whoever else was attached to her hip.
    “I know him leaving me has something to do with you, but I wouldn’t get your hopes up. He’ll come to his senses sooner or later. He’s only nice to you because you saved his life. You’re just some new project for him. He loves projects, but he’ll see the truth soon.”
    “I couldn’t care less if you get back together or not, and I have nothing to do with that. There is nothing going on between Trevor and me, so the rumors you’ve started at the house can come to a halt. He’s all yours. In case you forgot, we’re supposed to be on the same team now.” She’d only been around one day, but in that time span, the whispers as I passed by other Guardians in the house increased. She worked fast.
    “We will never be on the same team. There are those who, as we speak, are fighting to get you off this assignment, my father and Trevor’s parents included. And another thing, I don’t really appreciate you being near my assignment. So, for his sake, it would be nice if you just left him alone.”
    “Cameron is your assignment?” I guessed.
    “Yes, and you need to stay away from him. Death follows you around, which doesn’t surprise me considering where you came from.”
    “If your Cameron’s Guardian Angel, then I’ll make sure I’m with him every waking minute I can be, because if you’re guarding him against my kind, he’s heading for an early grave. Instead of focusing so much on your hatred for me, you should probably be worrying about your assignment that, I might add, is no longer in this area.” She looked around frantically and then scurried off. Her friend rolled her eyes at me as she pasted.
    “What she said!” Lacie shouted at them as they left.
    “Now it makes sense why there was so much tension when she showed up the other day. She thinks Trevor and I have something going on.”
    “That’s not giving her much credit. A blind squirrel could see that.”
    “We don’t.”
    “Not yet, but soon the Red Sea will part.”
    “You’re such a nerd, Lacie.”
    “I know, but we really should try and hang out with Cameron as much as possible. If she’s his Guardian, he really could be in trouble.”
    “If he was near death, I’d be able to feel it already. They assign Guardians far in advance, so we’ll worry about it when it comes.”
    “Okay. You’ll keep an eye out on him though, and save him if it comes down to it, right?”
    “Lacie, saving lives has never been my business, and you know that. Even though I’m here protecting you, I’m still a Grim Reaper. I didn’t just give up on my entire life’s teachings because I saved you. You weren’t supposed to be on my list, and I know that. That is why I’m here. People have to die, and I can’t save everyone we get close to. It’s just not my job to do that. That’s what Guardians are for, to fight against Reapers when they try and take a soul at a vulnerable moment. You know Reapers just don’t kill, right? We only take souls during moments when they’re supposed to die.”
    “Yes, but a soul has a ton of those