It was a quiet ride. Collin hasn’t looked at me since we left the place. Turn right, said the phone’s map. I was staring at Collin, who is unexpectedly serious right now. “Why is everyone so quiet?” I asked loudly.

“We’re tired, Mia,” Azriel said, whose head was leaning on the window, “we just want to shut everything up, and I don’t mean no disrespect but, including you. We need you to stop thinking and stop talking for a bit.

”I stared out the window and kept quiet. Then my thoughts started singing Party in the USA, “Mia!” the three of them shouted, forgetting that they can all read minds....