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            marie barely even glances at kennedy ,    mind already going   dead   at the prospect of a conversation with the other .                 ‘   d’you have some type of     death wish    that y’ keep approachin’ me ?    ‘

                  ❛ tell me again why i thought it was a good idea to put a bunch of supernatural kids on one house together                 was i having a stroke? ❜

               her   favorite   kind of plan .             ‘     so we’re staying at    stacey’s    again .    ‘               a soft   giggle   falls from her lips as she uses the code they’d developed for their escapades to vampire town .

             ❝   YEAH   ,   stacey read a couple of new books   &   thought i might learn something new from them.   ❞      bars   ,   stacey   ,   books.   a sly grin lit up evelyn’s face at her friend’s giggle.   they always spoke in code about these things while in her house.   if evelyn’s aunt caught wind of what they were actually doing   ,   well   ,   she wasn’t so sure the notoriously pacifist witch wouldn’t start throwing fists.   she’d blame victoria   ,   of course   ,   because in kathleen matthews’ eyes   ,   her niece who she had raised was just as peaceful of a witch as she was   ———   &   victoria was the bad influence.

              which in an odd turn of events was not true.   mostly because for evelyn this was a personal vendetta.   a literal witch hunt for her parents’ killer.   for more information about her past life as young woman alive in the civil war.   for information on spells   &   vampires’ weakness   &   anything   &   everything.   she was curious   ,   inquisitive.

              ‘    huh —- ?      ah ,    mother wants to take me to some auction so yes ,     what are we doing ?    ‘

             ❝   ———   hey   !   are you free this weekend   ???   ❞

             ❝   HAPPY BIRTHDAY   ,   now eat your cupcake   &   go away.   ❞

             ❝   LOOK   ,   I DON’T MAKE it a habit to befriend vampires   ———   bed them   &   learn their secrets   ,   yes.   but not become best buds.   don’t overstay your welcome.   ❞