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all sorts of other losses. Penn, her family, the life she used to have before things got so complicated.
You re really thinking about it, aren t you? Don t make me bust out the peroxide from under the
sink.
Luce ran her fingers through her short black hair. What would Daniel think? But if he wanted her to
be happy here until they could be together again, she had to let go of who she d been at Sword &
Cross.
She turned around to face Shelby. Get the bottle.
Torment
FOUR
FIFTEEN DAYS
She wasn t that blond.
Luce wet her hands in the sink and tugged her short bleached waves. She d made it through a full
load of classes on Thursday, which included an unexpectedly stiff two-hour safety lecture from
Francesca to reiterate why the Announcers were not to be messed with casually (it almost seemed
like she d been addressing Luce directly); back-to-back pop quizzes in her regular biology and
math classes in the main school building; and what felt like eight straight hours of aghast stares
from her classmates, Nephilim and non-Neph kids alike.
Even though Shelby had acted cool about Luce s new look in the privacy of their dorm room the
night before, she wasn t effusive with compliments the way Arriane was or reliably supportive the
way Penn had been. Stepping out into the world this morning, Luce had been overcome by nerves.
Miles had been the first to see her, and he d given her a thumbs-up. But he was so nice, he d never
let on if he really thought she looked terrible.
Of course, Dawn and Jasmine had flocked to her side right after humanities, eager to touch her hair,
asking Luce who her inspiration had been.
Very Gwen Stefani, Jasmine had said, nodding.
No, it s Madge, right? Dawn said. Like, Vogue era. Before Luce could answer, Dawn gestured
between Luce and herself. But I guess we aren t Twinkies anymore.
Twinkies? Luce shook her head.
Jasmine squinted at Luce. Come on, don t say you never noticed? You two look & well, looked so
much alike. You practically could have been sisters.
Now, standing alone before the main school building s bathroom mirror, Luce gazed at her reflec-
tion and thought about wide-eyed Dawn. They had similar coloring: pale skin, flushed lips, dark
hair. But Dawn was smaller than she was. She wore bright colors six days a week. And she was way
more chipper than Luce could ever be. A few superficial aspects aside, Luce and Dawn couldn t
have been more different.
The bathroom door swung open and a wholesome-looking brunette in jeans and a yellow sweater
entered. Luce recognized her from European history class. Amy Something. She leaned against the
sink next to Luce and began to fidget with her eyebrows.
Why d you do that to your hair? she asked, eyeing Luce.
Luce blinked. It was one thing to talk about it with her sort-of friends at Shoreline, but she d never
even spoken to this girl before.
Shelby s answer, fresh start, popped into her mind, but who was she kidding? All that bottle of per-
oxide had done last night was make Luce look as phony on the outside as she already felt on the in-
side. Callie and her parents would hardly recognize her right now, which wasn t the point at all.
And Daniel. What would Daniel think? Luce suddenly felt so transparently fake; even a stranger
could see through her.
I don t know. She pushed past the girl and out the bathroom door. I don t know why I did it.
Bleaching her hair wouldn t wash away the dark memories of the past few weeks. If she really
wanted a fresh start, she d have to make one. But how? There was so little she actually had control
over at the moment. Her whole world was in the hands of Mr. Cole and Daniel. And they were both
far away.
It was scary how quickly and how much she d come to rely on Daniel, scarier still that she didn t
know when she d see him next. Compared to the bliss-filled days with him she d been expecting in
California, this was the loneliest she d ever been.
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