“How do you even know these things?”
She blinked innocently. “Did you not hear my reference to his hotness? Need I say more?”
Elena closed her eyes and gave her head a shake. “No. No, you don’t.”
Even if the only reason her roommate knew about this guy was because she’d scouted out all the attractive coeds by major and place of residence, this was a good lead. The best Elena had that didn’t involve speaking to a professor. She preferred begging their neighbor to help her find a lab over hiding the truth from someone who could get her kicked out of the chemistry department.
Who made liquids boil by waving their hands? No one, that’s who. Which was why she needed to find the scientific cause.
Elena slid on her leather bomber. The jacket had been her late father’s, and now she wore it, along with the amethyst necklace her mother had left behind. Her parents had been gone a long time, but holding on to their things made her feel less alone. If ever there was a time she needed a piece of them near, it was now.
“Don’t come home too late,” Reese said. “You just turned eighteen; we have cake to devour. I queued up She’s All That on Netflix. And if I can convince you to go, there’s a party on A Street. We need to celebrate.”
Elena had almost forgotten it was her birthday. She’d woken not feeling well, and the day had deteriorated from there.
Reese didn’t say the party was at a fraternity, but most of the parties she went to were. If Elena had wanted to hang out in a place that smelled like men’s gym socks and stale beer, she could have invited her cousin Mateo to stay for a few days. No offense to the fraternity party, but a calm night with trashy food and a nineties movie worked.
She grabbed her backpack and followed her roommate out. “Cake and a movie sounds perfect. I’ll see you a little later.”
With any luck, her neighbor could help her gain access to a lab and she’d find a reasonable explanation for why crap was boiling. She prayed it was that simple.
But life had never been simple.
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RITA-nominated author Jules Barnard began her publishing career in 2014 with her first contemporary series, making it onto romance bestseller lists. In 2015, she launched Fates Divided, the first of a romantic fantasy series Library Journal calls “…an exciting new fantasy adventure.” Whether she’s writing about beautiful Lake Tahoe or a Fae world embedded in a college campus, Jules spins suspenseful stories filled with realistic characters who have heart and humor.
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