"Seriously?! I'm not opening this now!" I say to her, not even bothering with the mindlink.

"Either you open it or I am supposed to." She shrugs. "Orders from the top."

I narrowed my eyes at her. That means Xander is in on this too. Now I know it's some kind of trap.

"What does she mean 'orders from the top?"" Tyler asks me. "Is that code for something? And why do you look like you are terrified about opening a gift?"

with me and unfortunately we have a hierarchy meaning Mina will cause a scene." I look

the hinge. I slowly pull it open with Tyler sitting shoulder to shoulder with me and I gasp. Sitting on a dark blue satin pillow is a gold metal choker necklace. The metal circlet sits open with a gold moon charm hanging from one end, complete with the two little stars sitting on the bottom tip. Hanging from the other end is a delicate gold chain with star charms made of faceted colored glass attached every few links. There is

never take off. The opening sits just above my collarbone so the moon dangles on one side

that. This is not what you think, but it is personal and yes it means something to me. No I'm not going to explain the significance, I can't." I close my eyes and will the tears away.

He gets up to leave, Mike

sit with Mina, we will be

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