Free My Immortal Playlist (The Siren Collection #1) by Julius St. Clair Page A

away. Even teachers avoided him.”
    “Maybe he lashed out in school because he was sick of the abuse he endured at home .”
    “We’ll talk,” he said, giving me a curt wave and then sprinting out of the alley. I stomped my feet into the pavement, causing no damage whatsoever, and screamed internally. The last thing I needed was someone looking into Henry now, especially since he was going to be living in MY house.
    “You should have gotten close and allowed me to shank him,” Elliot replied. I elbowed him in the side of the head. “You know I can’t feel that,” he retorted.
    “ For now on, we can’t have these freak meetings out in the open. We all talk at the house, no matter what.”
    “Are freak meetings going to become a recurring thing?”
    “Who does that guy think he is anyways? Just butting himself into my business.”
    “It’s not like he trespassed on your private property. Still, it does concern me that he’s taken an interest in you.”
    “Me? You heard him. He saw Henry. Now he’s going to go searching for him.”
    “ Do you know who Lucas is? His reputation?”
    “No clue, but it sounded like I should have been concerned.”
    “He’s one of the founding members of Blood Snow.”
    “What’s that, an ice cone flavor at 7-Eleven?”
    “It’s a street gang. Their activities are more prominent in the city, but occasionally their business extends here into our little town.”
    “Then why is he going to school here and not in the city?”
    “Maybe his parents thought it would change his course in life. I’m not a hundred percent sure. Though from what I’ve heard, before my transformation - he was still heavily involved. I’m most concerned that you have caught his interest though.”
    “Well, he picked the wrong girl,” I replied, staring at the spot where he once stood. “I’m the last person to corner. If he looks into Henry too much, it won’t be good for his health.”
    “Still, you might want to just avoid him for now. His type will lose interest once he’s found another plaything. Just stay out of his way and you’ll be fine. The last thing we all need is for you to kill a gang leader and his entire posse coming to rectify the situation.”
    “Considering we have two zombies, a vampire and a siren, I think they would be the ones at the disadvantage.”
    “Let’s not find out,” he said. “And forget the rest of class for today. Let’s just go home.”
     
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    As I walked into the door with Elliot on my shoulder, I could already hear excited voices coming from the kitchen. Rolling my eyes upon recognition, I walked casually into the spacious room and saw Henry and Noah leaning onto the counter, waving their hands around as they talked about all the wonderful things they were going to do together now that they were roommates.
    “Having fun?” I muttered, interrupting them. I snapped my fingers at Henry w hose elbows on the counter were giving me visions of undead bacteria. Yeah, I know that sounds weird.
    “We already scouted out the place,” Noah replied, giving me one of his seducing smiles. Strangely, it was as if a wall had been put between us. It had no effect whatsoever. But I guess having your stuff stolen and extorted into giving your thief a home in exchange might do that.
    “You have six bedrooms,” Henry said, nearly putting his elbows back onto the counter. Thankfully, Elliot had reached over and placed two coasters under them respectively. “What do you need all those rooms for?”
    “Apparently the house was designed for cases like this. A home for the wayward youth and the recently deceased.”
    “Speaking of which, we have something major to discuss with you.”
    “You’re not painting the rooms,” I said, taking Elliot out of the backpack harness and placing him onto a chair. “Oh, and I want rent money from all of you. It will help pay for food and stuff.”
    “ We want to