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movies and on Star Trek websites. He is a sci-fi geek. He thinks half the teachers in school are werewolves and zombies!”
    â€œOkay, okay.” Destiny motioned for Livvy to lower her voice. “Sit down. I’m just saying he knows a lot of stuff. I don’t know who else could help us—do you?”
    â€œWell…” Livvy lowered her head, thinking. “Maybe Dr. Curtis? If it is a virus, he would—”
    â€œNo way,” Destiny interrupted. “We can’t go to our family doctor. He’d tell Dad.”
    â€œOh. You’re right.”
    â€œAnd we can’t tell Dad,” Destiny whispered, glancing to the stairs. “We can’t let him and Mikey know. Dad is still messed up over Mom. It’s been six months, and he’s not getting any better. He seems really depressed. It scares me. He doesn’t need any more bad news. I think it would just put him over the edge. And Mikey…”
    â€œMikey has changed too,” Livvy said. “He never used to be so skittish. This afternoon, a cat wandered into the yard, and Mikey ran into the house. He never was afraid of cats or dogs. It was sad to see him run away like that.”
    â€œHe never used to spend so much time in his room,” Destiny said. “Mikey is definitely very troubled. We have to be careful, Liv. We can’t let Mikey know about us. We don’t want to scare him.”
    â€œScare him ?” Livvy whispered. “ I’m scared, Dee. I’m really, really scared.” Her body seemed to crumple, her shoulders shook, and she began to sob.
    Destiny wrapped her in a tight hug. “We’ll get back to normal, Liv,” she whispered. “We won’t let it happen again. We’ll find a way. I know we will.”
    But a terrifying thought lingered in her mind:
    What if we don’t?
    What if we don’t?

Chapter Eleven
Ari’s Frightening News
    A s the morning sun began to rise, Destiny turned away from the light. My eyes, they’re burning. My eyelids feel like they’re on fire! Did the sun always shine so harshly into the room?
    â€œLivvy, are you awake?” Destiny called in a low whisper. “Do you feel the sunlight? Do your eyes hurt?”
    â€œYes. What’s with the light? Ow.”
    â€œI don’t know.” Destiny hurried to the window and shut the blinds. She squinted at the clock radio: six forty-five. “We have to hurry outside, Liv. Before Dad and Mikey wake up.”
    â€œHuh? What for?”
    â€œThe rabbit. I tossed it somewhere in the front yard. We have to find it and hide it where they won’t find it.”
    Livvy scrambled to her feet, pushing the long tangles of hair off her face. Her nightshirt clung to her body, wet with sweat. “What ahorrible night.”
    â€œShhh. Just get dressed,” Destiny ordered. “We’ll hide the rabbit, then get back into bed.”
    They pulled on shorts and T-shirts, then tiptoed barefoot down the stairs and through the house to the front door.
    Careful not to make a sound, Destiny pulled open the front door. The morning air smelled fresh and sweet.
    Livvy stepped out first and Destiny followed, squinting up at the bright orange sun rising over the trees. “Ow. The sun is so bright.”
    Shielding their eyes, they crossed to the side of the yard and began to search along the hedge. “There it is.” Destiny saw it first—the dead rabbit, curled like a limp glove on the grass.
    She glanced around frantically. “Let’s take it to the woods behind the backyard. No one ever goes there.”
    They made their way across the lawn to the hedge. The rabbit’s eyes had sunken into its head. Its belly was ripped open. Dark, dried blood caked the gray fur.
    â€œWe did this,” Livvy murmured.
    Destiny felt her stomach tighten into a knot. “Don’t talk. Let’s just get rid of it.” She took adeep breath. Then she bent