Chapter 53: phases

“You hate my friends,” Lexy said.

James rolled his eyes. “Oh, that’s rich. Here we go. We have the same friends. I just said that I don’t trust Melanie. Not even that I don’t like her.”

“Well, she’s meeting us outside the cemetery, so get over it.”

“Great. Not really how I would’ve pictured having a third person enter this relationship. Your soulless bestie spends every waking second with us.”

“You miss when I was sad and alone and only had you.”

James scoffed. “That’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever said. And lately, that’s becoming a list with a lot of contenders.”

“Oh – I knew it,” Alexandra said. “You think I’m stupid. You look down on me for not finishing high school.”

“I didn’t finish high school either! I grew up in Madhya Pradesh in the eighteen-fifties! I think you’re stupid for trusting a vamp without a soul. You do remember what it’s like to not have a soul, right, Alexandra?”

Alexandra glared. She was just about done with James’s attitude toward Melanie. It wasn’t fair. Me