But donโt let them talk you into anything you donโt feel comfortable with.โ โTheyโre my friends.โ โSo what?โ He shrugged. โIf your friends walked off a cliff, would you do it too?โ โWhy would they walk off a cliff?โ I asked in alarm. โIs someone having problems at home?
Alexandra AdornettoXavier: They, whoever they are, shouldn't have control over our lives. I'm not about to lose you. I've been through that before, and I'll do whatever it takes to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Alexandra AdornettoEven though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn't have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavier was there. I wondered fleetingly if I was expecting to much og him, but dismissed the idea.
Alexandra AdornettoBut I was wrong. I should have known it wasn't owver, couldn't be over quite easily. No sooner was Xavier out of sight than a little cylinder of paper fell from the top of my locker. As I unrolled it, I knew I'd see black calligraphy crawling across it like a spider. Dread settled around me like a fog as the words burned into my brain: The Lake of Fire awaits my lady
Alexandra Adornetto