Burn Like Fire by Jody Morse, Jayme Morse Read Free Book Online

one of her classes gave her a small wave as he passed by her car. Rhonda waved back and smiled at him. If only he knew that she was thinking about how good his blood would taste . . .
    Rhonda shook the thought away. She didn’t have time to think about humans and their delicious blood right now; she had to worry about getting to Ohio.
    She noticed the door to Huntington swing open and someone darted over to the parking lot. Rhonda realized, right away, that it was Austin. Perfect.
    She lowered her window. When he got closer to her car, she called, “Austin? Can you come here for a minute?”
    Even though Austin had a puzzled look on his face, he strolled over to her car. “What’s up?” he asked, his turquoise blue eyes full of curiousness. Even though they’d seen each other in the hallways, they hadn’t actually spoken since Gabe had first brought her to Huntington.
    From what Rhonda could tell, Austin and Anna were attached at the hip. She couldn’t blame Austin for being so interested in Anna. Even Rhonda had to admit that Anna’s blood smelled enticing, despite the fact that she found guys’ minds easier to control—which was exactly what she was planning to do to Austin at the moment.
    “Have you seen Gabe?” Rhonda asked Austin innocently. She pushed her sweater off her shoulder a little bit, revealing the red lacy bra that she wore underneath. Rhonda noticed Austin’s eyes drift to it before meeting her gaze again.
    “Nah, I haven’t seen him. Why, what’s going on?”
    “Oh, I’m just waiting for him to get ready so we can leave,” Rhonda replied. For once, she was actually telling the truth . . . sort of . No one knew the truth about where she and Gabe were going; they all thought she was taking him to Boston to see her father, when the truth was, she was planning to follow them to Ohio.
    She was hoping that she didn’t need to physically follow them there, though. There was a huge risk of getting caught—by Lexi, Anna, Dan, and Austin or by Gabe—if she literally followed their car all the way to Ohio.
    Batting her eyelashes at Austin, Rhonda thought: tell me where you’re going.
    Austin met her gaze and said coolly, “We won’t be at Huntington. We’re going to Ohio for a couple of days.”
    Tell me what part of Ohio you’re going to , Rhonda urged him to tell her, continuing to stare into his eyes.
    “We’re going to this town called Shady Brooke,” Austin went on. “Anna thinks she may be able to get a tip about her mother’s murder there.”
    Rhonda felt the anger rise to her cheeks just hearing someone else mention Anna’s name. Even though she’d thought about her since she’d caught her talking to the Headmaster earlier that day, hearing her name aloud reminded her of how Anna wanted to take her down. It only made her realize, once again, that she wa sn’t going to let that happen.
    Rhonda was going to get rid of Anna once and for all, and by making it seem like she was in Boston at the time of Anna’s death, she would make sure that she wouldn’t be a primary suspect.
    Even if Rhonda were a suspect, she wasn’t sure that it mattered. If the police officers who would inevitably handle Anna’s murder case were to investigate her, she would probably be able to control their minds. She could probably get away with it, but it was better for her not to take any chances.
    Rhonda couldn’t figure out why her mind-control seemed to work on everyone except for Dan. She wasn’t sure why Dan’s mind wasn’t as pliable as everyone else’s, but that made her want to control it more. She liked a challenge. And Rhonda was convinced that, in time, she would be able to convince him to do whatever she wanted. He just was going to take some time and some convincing, but she knew that his willpower couldn’t be that strong.
    Rhonda noticed the light stream out of the door of Huntington as it was swung open again. She saw a tall, dark, handsome figure approaching the car behind them,