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beyond her years.
    Eryk comes into the room. Chase puts the pictures down and smiles at Eryk. “So how does it feel to go to a regular high school?”
    Eryk chuckles. “Wasn’t quite what I was expecting.” Eryk is almost eighteen and just shy of six feet tall. Chase figures he will probably grow another couple of inches before he’s done. Eryk closely resembles his brother. He lets his dark brown hair grow out so it hangs just past his collar, and his warm smile shows off his dimples. He’s excited to be able to help out on a mission. Normally Chase wouldn’t let him, but since they need someone who is able to get close and hang out at the high school, Eryk is the right age. His only assignment is to help keep an eye on the girls and to find out what he can.
    Chase looks down at a picture of Kati again. “Scott was saying he couldn’t smell any magic on Violca. What about her sisters?”
    “Magic no, but there is something about them.” Eryk looks at the picture of Kati that Chase is looking at. “Something happened with her last year, I can’t get anyone to talk about it. Whatever it is, her sister tries to protect her as best she can but her classes keep her on the other side of the school most the day.”
    Chase smirks. “You can’t get the girls to tell you Eryk?”
    Eryk grins, showing his dimples. “I know that whatever happened started from the cheerleaders. When I ask them they ask me why I want to know about that girl. I tried asking her best friend Samantha, but she glared at me and told me to go back to playing with the bitchy cheerleaders and leave her friend alone.”
    Frowning over some of the pictures, Chase notices Kati hunched over. Scrolling through, he finds one where her face is relaxed, her attention fixed on something “What is she doing here?”
    “She was drawing, and I managed to take that photo when she stopped to look at her picture.”
    Chase closes that folder to look at those of Eva. Kati and Eva have a lot of the same features, but Eva carries herself differently than her sister. She stands up straight, in almost every picture she is smiling and laughing. The only ones where she isn’t are the ones where it looks like she’s defending her sister. Most of the pictures where she looks the angriest have two boys who look like jocks. “Who are these guys?”
    Eryk glances at the picture. “Those are the two who seem to torture Kati the most. They are both on the football team, total pricks from the few encounters I’ve had with them.”
    “Do me a favor and keep on her. Make sure these guys stay away from her.”
    Eryk nods. “Not a problem.” The grin he gives Chase is a little mischievous. “I would love a reason to knock them both down a peg or two.”
    Scott comes in from a shower. “Who we knocking a down a peg or two?”
    Chase interrupts before Eryk can answer. “I want him to keep an eye on these guys and keep Kati safe.”
    Scott nods. “Good idea, although try not to get in a fight at school, we don’t need to draw any attention to ourselves.”
    Eryk grins. “Better head upstairs and finish the homework they gave me.”
    Both guys nod before Chase goes back to looking at pictures. Opening Violca’s folder again he finds himself looking at some of the pictures with her and Brandon. He fights the urge to growl. For some reason the pictures bother him even though Scott has said they are just friends. Looking up from the computer he sees Scott watching him. “What?”
    Scott raises an eyebrow. “Everything okay?”
    “Yeah, why?”
    Scott chuckles before grabbing two beers from the fridge. Handing him one, Chase notices him trying not to smile. “You just have this look on your face like you are going to rip someone’s head off.”
    “Whatever man.” Chase mumbles before grabbing the beer from Scott.
    Taking a swig of his beer, Scott smiles. “You wanna come by the office man and check her out for yourself?”
    Thinking about it for a second Chase