ログインI hesitated, then slid into the driver’s seat. Zane got in on the passenger side, still grinning like an idiot.“Okay,” he said. “So the clutch is on the left, brake in the middle, gas on the right. You’re gonna want to—”“I know how to drive a manual,” I said, cutting him off.He blinked. “You do?”
Liora’s POVZane picked me up at eight on the dot. He’d brought the motorcycle again, and revved the engine as I came out. I cringed, running over and making a cutting motion across my neck.“Shh!” I protested. “Marcus will—”“Already saw it, Princess,” Marcus laughed through the mindlink. “I was yo
Callum’s POV“Callum?” Bianca’s voice was shrill and unwelcome across the hall. “Baby, what are you doing?”I rubbed my hands over my face, growing wearier by the minute. She’d been here for one day. One. And already, I wanted her to leave.When I didn’t answer fast enough, she began to bang on the
“So,” he said, leaning over the center console, “that was interesting. I didn’t know you feel that way about me, Liora.”I pushed him away. “Don’t read into it.”“It’s a little late for that, don’t you think?” He started the engine. “You just kissed me in front of your ex-mate just to make him jealo
Liora’s POVWe stared at each other for a long moment, too stunned to move. Callum’s eyes were wide, his chest heaving. His hand was still on my waist, warm through the fabric of my shirt, and my lipgloss was smeared across his mouth.For a breathless second, I almost thought he might say fuck it an
“You don’t scare easily, do you?” Bianca asked me with a smirk.“No.” After everything she and Alder had put me through that semester, I would have expected her to at least know that much about me. But she probably did, and was just trying to get under my skin, which I wouldn’t let her do.Finally,







