Chapter Fifty-Six

Rayne

Brumilda looks back and forth between all three of us with her wide and round eyes.

I keep staring at Max though it’s not a challenge. I just can’t seem to take my eyes off his face. He’s devastatingly handsome and I’m surprised I didn’t notice it sooner. I vividly recall how it felt to run my fingers through his thick hair and how it felt to have him hovering above me. I can almost taste his kiss in my mouth and feel the heat of his kisses down my neck. That urgency. That need. Where did it all go, I wonder? How can two people spend a night loving each other wildly only to become strangers once the sun rises?

A shiver courses through me and I shudder. He does the same, only subtly.

Alaska eyes Brumilda viciously before tugging on his arm. They walk past us and we wait for a few beats before continuing. Brumilda scoffs and says, “Our little Luna is pleasant, isn’t she?”

“There’s no reason why she should be kind to me,” I remind her. And if she knew why I was chosen that day, s