He's So Possessed With Me: Prologue–Chapter 8

by Corey Liu
When Colin's best friend Ren gets a mysterious and almost-definitely demonic new boyfriend, Colin must stop at nothing to save Ren's life.

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Prologue–Chapter 8, Chapters 9–16, Chapters 17–24, Chapters 25–32.
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  1. amulet
    a trinket thought to be a magical protection against evil
    She didn’t say it to be mean. It was a blessing. An amulet, made out of words, to ward off the evil.
  2. mediocre
    lacking exceptional quality or ability
    “Is that Ferris? We agreed, Colin. This is a safe space from all confused, mediocre straight boys.”
  3. gesticulate
    show, express, or direct through movement
    I gesticulate to Papa DILF, who is dancing to Robyn on his own.
  4. bravado
    a swaggering show of courage
    For some reason, this slip in his bravado makes my insides spin electric blue and red.
  5. trophic
    of or relating to nutrition or feeding
    I talk about the biology handout Ms. Kincaid assigned us, on trophic levels and apex predators.
  6. lesion
    an injury to living tissue
    “It’s a lesion,” I point out, recalling our field studies section in eleventh-grade bio.
  7. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
    I fumble for a better excuse, a white lie, a thread of plausible deniability.
  8. veranda
    a porch along the outside of a building
    I break into a smile once I find him waiting for me on the veranda, sitting on the top step.
  9. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
    Ren gives me an imperious look-down. “You are forgiven.”
  10. exasperation
    a feeling of annoyance
    “Give it. Please. I need my lips juicy!” I pucker them and, with a playful sigh of exasperation, Ren starts dabbing again. It tastes like browned butter.
  11. gargoyle
    an ornament consisting of a grotesquely carved figure
    Ours is not the school you read about in books or manifest on vision boards—gothic towers with spiral staircases and great halls. Gargoyles craning their necks over lintels, guarding the students.
  12. lintel
    a horizontal beam over a door or window
    Ours is not the school you read about in books or manifest on vision boards—gothic towers with spiral staircases and great halls. Gargoyles craning their necks over lintels, guarding the students.
  13. impish
    naughtily or annoyingly playful
    Ren flashes me an impish grin over his shoulder.
  14. inexplicable
    incapable of being explained or accounted for
    By the time I started there, I would be the ingenue freshman Cheddar would feel this inexplicable urge to protect.
  15. deltoid
    large triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint
    Baby Gap threw himself into weight lifting. Bulked until his deltoids ballooned into melons and his chest expanded two sizes too big for his medium-size golf shirts.
Created on Mon Mar 23 05:42:30 EDT 2026 (updated Tue Jun 02 12:13:13 EDT 2026)

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