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Weeks pass and with each passing day, I wander deeper into Aiden’s maze. It’s not bad. It’s just... surreal. Everyone has demons. Aiden’s are just darker and meaner. It takes a lot to get used to his mindfuckery and manipulative streak. It takes a lot to see past the façade and into his true image. For one, Aiden is the jealous type. When we sit for lunch, his teammates try to keep all contact to a minimum. All except for the three horsemen — especially Xander. I swear he doesn’t have any sense of self- preservation. The three of them are actually fun to hang out with. They’re the only people around Aiden who aren’t scared of him and who don’t bow down to his royal decrees like the rest of RES. Aiden carries my books as we get out of the library. A few students stop and murmur about us in the hallway, but I’m starting to get used to the attention. His phone vibrates and since he has his hands filled with books, I sigh and retrieve it from his back pocket for him. “I can carry my own bo