I’d already done my homework and knew where my Sunshine’s room was. I’d also gotten a glimpse of her wearing a thin white tank top, and I could clearly see her perky nipples from my hiding spot in the darkness under the tall oak tree. She looked spooked as her eyes searched the night before she closed the curtain. I liked that. I liked the fact that she was aware of me. On some level, she already felt me coming for her.

The thing I liked best about people was that their behavior was fairly predictable, so I figured it was a pretty good guess that Sunshine would want to have a shower after a long day. She’d been running late to class because her morning run started later than normal, so she wouldn’t have had time to shower. Such a naughty girl…staying up so late.

Raising my hand, I knocked on the dorm door. I wasn’t sure who would answer, but it didn’t really matter. My story would be the same.

As luck would have it, a pixie-like girl with vibrant purple and pink hair answered the door. My eyes flicked from the curly mop on her head to her plain blue eyes and finally to her mouth that was chewing a piece of gum like a cow. I watched the wad move around in her mouth, and I immediately wanted to stuff it down her throat and watch her choke before I ripped her tongue out of her head. What a disgusting display of our next crop of FBI agents…They were really going downhill.

“Yeah,” she asked, pulling the large earphones off her head and letting them hang around her neck.

“Maintenance, checking all the rooms on this floor to make sure the phone and internet are working properly.”

“Is this about the power flickering all the time?”

I nodded. “That’s what the work order says. I need to check all the rooms to see if we can find the cause.” I was such a smooth liar. I had no fucking clue what she was talking about, but I was happy about the free information.

“Oh.” She looked at her phone.

“I won’t be long and won’t need to turn the WiFi off if that’s what you’re worried about.” I gave her a smile, the corner of my mouth pulling up the way Abel had made me practice endlessly until I pictured wrapping my hands around his throat. I pictured doing the same thing to the pixie, but then she blushed and held open the door wide for me to enter. I really hated to admit it when Abel did a good job.

I took a deep breath as I entered Sunshine’s personal space for the first time.