I usher Daphne into the room then, where she’s warmly greeted first by Rafe, who presses a brotherly kiss to her cheek – making her blush – and then by Jesse, who kisses her hand like a Duchess, making her laugh. “Hi,” Luca says, stepping forward with his hand out, his dimples on full display as h
I turn to Luca then, a little swell of pleasure running through me to see his lips starting to curl into a smile on one side. “Do you like boxing, Jackson?” “Of course,” Jackson says, his eyebrows going up like it’s obvious. “Why didn’t you say anything before?” Luca’s curiosity has a hint of su
I study Ben for a long moment, really paying attention to him for the first time in a long time. At my side, I can feel Daphne do the same. And as I watch I notice… Well, I notice the way that he looks at Rafe. The way that he tilts his head back to look up at my brother, the way he laughs at Rafe
Daphne grins. “Sorry to break it to you, your Grace, but don’t bother killing your cousin thinking that would fix anything. I’m not even sure you’d be my second choice.” Jesse gapes at her and then glances over at the group of men. He gasps then, turning back, “McClintock!?” Daphne grimaces and
“I just don’t know a lot of girls,” he murmurs, his voice so low I can barely hear it. “Really?” I ask, frowning at him. “Did you go to like, an all-boys school or something? Don’t you have any girls in your family?” Jackson turns to me for a second, studying my face like I’ve said something a l
I gasp when my eyes fly open, hauling breath into my lungs as if I’ve just broken out of a pool of water. I immediately sit up, panting, staring around at my unfamiliar surroundings. And my first thought, absurdly, is that I’m in the dream state – Because this – this is not the dorm room that I
You have thirty-six hours to reach the Final Destination. Any candidate who takes longer than that will not pass. We wish you the best of luck. I glance through the note one more time, my mind coming fully back to me now as adrenaline starts to pump through my veins. Once I’m sure that I’ve commit
My feet carry me quickly through the woods as I survey the map, swiftly making sense of it and matching physical landmarks with the points on the page. Inwardly, I think gratefully of my dad and my uncle Roger, who brought me along on those early camping trips and showed me how to do this sort of wo