[Rinrou]

Roselyn nodded. Suddenly a few of the girls who had turned to lead Missy away, gasped. There were some stammered murmurs of shock and Roselyn turned to look.

Leaning up against a wall in one of the hallways branching from the front room stood Laurel. She was surveying the group with calculating eyes though she wasn't looking at Nic or even in his direction at all. Nic could see that her eyes had lost the majority of their innocence but the most obvious change was the hidden gun she had strapped to her side under her jacket.

The girls remained rather frozen, not knowing how to react to this Laurel. Roselyn swallowed as she glanced back at Nic.