Friends and Other Nuisances

Delia Hunter can count on one hand the number of friends she's had during her childhood.  Now, she's surrounded by groups of people professing friendship.  But what does that mean anyway?  Especially to a girl who blows up at people verbally at the slightest provocation?

Delia had let her mouth run wild on her, and now the person who'd been rapidly becoming her best friend had left the Super Friends and was giving up on Slaying.  And, it was all Delia's fault.  Luckily, Delia's still not alone.  Friends, both local and distant, reach out to help her find her way back from the dark place she'd gone after her grandmother's death. 

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