“Hello, Charlotte,” Aster says, beaming brightly as she eyes me and Ranger together. “Church, I hope you know that your girl here’s got a side thing going with this one.” “We’re a polyamorous group, thank you for noticing,” he says, but the words might as well be fuck you and the horse you rode in on. “It’s not like the thing you’ve got going, slinking around and screwing Mark behind Selena’s back.” The quip works and Aster’s face flames before she marches around us, crunching through the snow with the other two Everly transfer students behind her. “That was … reasonably harsh,” I say as the
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