Kill Switch by Penelope Douglas

And then I taunted Kai. “Still able to knock someone out
with a single kick?”
“Want a demonstration?” he shot back.
I laughed, putting the rest of the pieces together in my
head.
“What are you going to do?” Michael asked, pulling back
and suddenly interested.
“Me? Oh, this will take all of us,” I told him. “You want it
or not?”
He rolled his eyes but stood there, Will on his left, Kai on
his right, and his pride telling him not to engage with me.
But then he looked over at Rika, and I didn’t know about
him, but I knew if her teacher was pulling shit like this in front
of her fiancé, what was he thinking of trying one of these days
when Michael wasn’t around during one of their research
meetings or an after-class discussion?
Of course, Rika could take care of herself, but he was
disrespecting Michael, too. Michael needed to check that shit.
He met my eyes. “Fine. What are we doing?”
I quirked a smile and filled everyone in on their part,
sending Banks to meet the butcher in the parking lot and Will
to grab another prop from inside one of the haunted houses.
When Alex came back with the salts, I told her what she
had to do, unfortunately the bulk of the work falling on her for
this whole thing. She was the only chick here not spoken for,
so that came in handy when she needed to lure him.
Banks arrived with a backpack, and she, Michael, and I
made our way to the tree line behind the barn, shielding
ourselves behind the trunks, while Kai and Will hid around the
corner of the barn, waiting.
I stuffed my mask, still hooked onto my wrist, in the
backpack, and not two minutes later, spotted Alex rounding
the corner with the professor. She looked perfect. Short white
dress, top hat, makeup. He didn’t look as enamored as he did