Twice Bitten (New Moon #1)

by Belle Harper

The bus pulled up, and I had been standing about a yard away from Raff for a good five minutes too long. He spent the whole time on his phone. I got that he wasn’t up for talking, but still…it would be nice to know one person at school. I shoved my hands in my pockets and stared at the sky, then at my feet. Eventually, I looked over at Raff, noticing his hair looked even more silver in the daylight. It was pushed back and had some real style, and dang, it looked good. His lip was healed, and his eye was no longer the purple from last night, just a slight tinge of yellow coloring it now. When the bus pulled up, I practically jumped on to get away from him—and maybe to stop my thoughts from going over how attractive he was. The whole bus watched in almost deafening silence as I made my way toward an empty seat where a girl sat. She seemed younger than me, and her hair was a pretty ash blonde color in two braids. She smiled at me and gestured with her head, so I sat down beside her. I guess they knew which one was the foster kids’ house. Great, so much for a good start at a new school. There were growling sounds coming from behind me. I looked around to see what it was, and a bunch of guys were staring, some even standing and looking to the front where Raff had just got on. Some bared their teeth. What the fuck did Raff do yesterday? He certainly had an interesting way of making friends. When the growls died down and the bus started moving, Raff took a seat up front. The guys...