She shakes her head like she can’t stand the thought.“We don’t know that,” Anton murmurs, doing his best to wipe away her tears and failing. “We have no idea how he’ll react. Maybe he…” Anton hesitates before he shrugs. “I mean, the fire was seriously impressive June. Maybe we can convince him it w
“What the fuckkk,” Anton seethes, frantically stepping out onto the terrace, spinning in a circle as he looks everywhere for her. Did she – is she somewhere else? Or is she just invisible?He gasps, though, as that terrible tug pulls hard behind his belly button and he, too, vanishes into the air. H
Whatever she’s playing now is…strikingly different than what she played in the auditorium. From the very beginning that piece had been strikingly complex, demonstrating Juniper’s true mastery of the instrument. He had watched with awe as her fingers flew over the keys with remarkable grace and speed
I take a deep breath when I open my eyes the next morning and just…stare at the ceiling wondering if everything is as much of a disaster as I think it is.But…well. I’m still here, aren’t I? At least the God of Death hasn’t banished me already and scooped up one of my baby cousins in my place. Which
In fact, at home, maybe…maybe they already are using it in battle.My little heart aches to think of everyone at home, and what I’m missing, and Faiza’s implication that events are occurring – ones I’d find quite interesting. But I shove the thought away and concentrate on frowning at Anton instead.
“Why didn’t you come to the door?” Orion growls, glaring at Anton with his arms crossed.“And what,” Orion says, raising his hands in the air, twiddling his insubstantial fingers, “would you have suggested I do when I got there?”“You can walk through doors, Anton,” Orion snarls.Anton drops his han
Orion lets his hands slip all the way from his face. “Do you really think that’s true?”Anton just laughs and shakes his head at the spoiled Prince, who has been catered to so much that he doesn’t even realize people are doing it. “If you were a girl with your life on the line, and you thought a guy
“Oh no,” Anton says, pressing an earnest hand to his chest as he grins at Orion, leaning forward. “You see, June and I are a package deal. Anyone who dates her gets me too, fifteen feet away at all times, just hanging out. Which I think, for you, is a win. A Bride and a Bro, all in one go.”Orion la