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  “That's not living, Mo.” Tex cupped my face. “I have five minutes left with you, do you want me to use it to kiss you or lecture you on why I'm right?”

  I grinned as a tear slid down my cheek. “Both.”

  His smile matched mine. “I forget how much you like being scolded.”

  “Only if the one scolding has a firm hand.”

  “Every last inch of me is firm and you know it.” Tex tugged me into his lap. “School will distract you, it will give you a better future then guns and war, it will take your focus from tragedy to the future. Please, for me, Mo, please try to do normal.”

  “Normal.” I shook my head. “Not sure I know what that word is.”

  “Normal,” Tex repeated. “Making love to someone under a tree not because you have to say goodbye, but because it's the best way you can think to say hello.”

  My lower lip quivered.

  “Normal.” His voice was hoarse. “Marrying the love of your life not because her brother shoots you at point blank range--but because not marrying her would be a fate worse than death.”

  He was silent then added, “Three minutes.”

  I clenched his shirt with my hands and fought the urge to sob against his chest.

  “Normal.” Tex's voice was barely audible. “Going from country to country, traveling all over the world, not because you have a hit on you, but because you want to see the girl you love smile in every country God ever created.”

  I knew the time was ticking by, it seemed the less time we had the faster it went, I guess that's life.

  I was looking at two more minutes, maybe less, with my lover, my friend, and all I could do was clench his shirt in my hands and twist, somehow willing him to stay on the ground rather than get up and walk towards certain death.

  “Normal.” Tex moved to his feet, helping me up. “Giving the woman you love two hours of your time, because you can't imagine spending your minutes, those precious seconds, any other way.”

  Tex kissed my mouth hard, nearly bruising my lips before stepping back and kissing my nose.

  “Time's up,” he said gruffly.

  “We're no longer friends.” I said it as a statement, not even a question.

  “For two hours I was your lover, your friend, your everything.” Tex looked away. “For the rest of eternity--I'm now your enemy.”

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  By Rachel Van Dyken

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  And if you want to start back at the beginning (my personal favorite even though it reads very New Adult) you can start with Elite, where Trace is just about to get dropped off at Eagle Elite University and Nixon? Well he’s on the prowl...

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  For Tracey Rooks, life with her grandparents on a Wyoming farm has always been simple. But after her grandmother's death, Tracey is all her grandfather has. So when Eagle Elite University announces its annual scholarship lottery, Tracey jumps at the opportunity to secure their future and enters. She isn't expecting much-but then she wins. And life as she knows it will never be same...

  The students at Eagle Elite are unlike any she’s ever met…and they refuse to make things easy for her. There’s Nixon, gorgeous, irresistible, and leader of a group that everyone fears: The Elect. Their rules are simple. 1. Do not touch The Elect. 2. Do not look at The Elect. 3. Do not speak to The Elect. No matter how hard she tries to stay away, The Elect are always around her and it isn't long until she finds out the reason why they keep their friends close and their enemies even closer. She just didn't realize she was the enemy—until it was too late.

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  Table of Contents

  Book Description

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Chapter Twelve

  Chapter Thirteen

  Chapter Fourteen

  Chapter Fifteen

  Chapter Sixteen

  Chapter Seventeen

  Chapter Eighteen

  Chapter Nineteen

  Chapter Twenty

  Chapter Twenty-One

  Chapter Twenty-Two

  Chapter Twenty-Three

  Chapter Twenty-Four

  Chapter Twenty-Five

  Chapter Twenty-Six

  Chapter Twenty-Seven

  Chapter Twenty-Eight

  Chapter Twenty-Nine

  Chapter Thirty

  Chapter Thirty-One

  Chapter Thirty-Two

  Chapter Thirty-Three

  Epilogue