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RUTHLESS, chapter one!
"Every Killer Deserves a Night Out."

On a Wednesday evening in early March, Emily Fields lay on the carpet in the bedroom she used to share with her sister, Carolyn. Swimming medals and a big poster of Michael Phelps hung on the walls. Her sister’s bed was littered with Emily’s warm-up jacket tons of oversized T-shirts, and a pair of boyfriend jeans. Carolyn had left for Stanford in August, and Emily relished having a space all her own. Especially since she was spending almost all her time in her room these days. Emily rolled over and stared at her laptop. A Facebook...

Have you ever known anyone with nine lives? Like that daredevil who broke seven bones in his body last summer but somehow led his team in goals this lacrosse season. Or the two-faced girl who sat next to you in geometry even though she cheated on tests and backstabbed her friends, the bitch always landed gracefully on her feet. Mrow. Relationships can have nine lives, too--how about the boyfriend you fought and made up with for two years straight? Or the conniving BFF you forgave again and again? She was never truly dead to you, was she? But maybe it would be better if she was. Four pretty...