“Are you okay? Did Sebby set you up with a therapist?”
Seven goes still. “What? Why would he?”
I grimace. “Because what happened was traumatic,” I say carefully. “It wouldn’t be a bad—”
“No,” Seven interrupts, his expression going distant. “I’m not seeing a therapist.”
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“I’m not fragile!” I burst out, even though my outburst probably proves the opposite. “You don’t have to treat me like I am!”
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We have to teach her a lesson, Asch.”
I glance at Blaze. “Yeah? What kind of lesson would we even teach her? Just ignore her.”
I don’t want to ignore her, though.
I want to make her bleed.
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“What are we betting?” Caleb asks. “Pennies? Burritos?”
“You said Seven loses 52% of the time?” Vortex asks, taking a bite of his taco.
I scowl at him.
Vortex grins right back at me. “Every time he loses, he takes off another piece of clothing.”
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“I’m Pandora,” I answer cheerfully.
“Pandora? As in, Pandora’s box?” Blaze looks down from my eyes to my crotch. “Is your box as deadly as in the myths?”
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“Are you holding up all right, Caleb?” he asks, his voice careful. “You weren’t all there in that meeting.”
I give him a crooked smile. “It must be really bad, if you noticed.”
Vortex scowls. “Doesn’t help that your eyes were red when Havoc and I got there today.”
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“It was my birthday,” I tell him, my voice little more than a whisper. “I think I was… sixteen? Maybe. I don’t know. Sixteen, the first time.” I laugh, but the sound is broken somehow, and I don’t know how to pull these words together.
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“Why didn’t you let me do anything?” Noah demanded as soon as they were behind closed doors.
“Because there’s not anything you can do against five werewolves,” Khaz said.
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“You smell so good, Seven.”
I make a face. “I really, really don’t,” I tell him. “I smell like sweat, my face is all red, and I’m all around gross.”
“Yeah. It’s great.” Havoc pushes my shirt up to expose my belly—which does not have abs the way Havoc’s does. “All natural.”
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The sweetest moment wasn’t when they broke.
It might’ve been the moment of true success, and it might’ve been his point of pride when breaking in someone new, but it wasn’t the most perfect moment.
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“I can’t abandon my daughter just because I’m stressed out. It’s not… It’s not right," I say.
Konstantin glares at me. “Abandon? You think it is abandoning if you leave my daughter with me? I am not good enough father?”
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Please, I want to say. Please don’t hurt me.
He’s going to anyway, and she’d be so angry if I begged him to go easy on me.
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I thought I’d be more nervous today. There are hundreds of people seated at the benches outside, but for once, I don’t care about what others think. Silvano is waiting at the end of the aisle, under the wedding arch that cost multiple thousands of dollars.
Does that make me the bride?
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“I left because…” I’m struggling to find the words. I’m not like Silvano, who can spin anything into gold. I’m not like Sierra, even, who can instill passion in others. I’m just… me. “I left because I fell in love,” I say, my shoulders slumping. “You don’t pick who you fall in love with, Ma."
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The intercom buzzes to let us know that the wedding planner has arrived.
My heart leaps into my throat, and I’m pretty sure I’m going to throw up, but I force my expression to something stony instead of looking as irritable as I feel.
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