“This was fun, and magical, Love.” Kaleb smiled as he kissed her nose. “But alas I must go, there are things I have to do.” The warlock brushed the girl’s hair from her face.
“Give me an excuse to stay?”
Summer laughed up at him. “What kind of excuse are you looking for? Would a second round be magical enough for you, darlin’?” His use of that word amused her. On a whim, she lifted a finger to light a candle on the headboard.
[ A night in the frigid confines of a basement freezer
meant no sleep. Which meant napping in class.
No wonder he was failing chemistry. He’s out. In a
slumber so profound that he does not hear the
dismissal bell sounding around him. ]
“Hey. Hey, hon, you need to wake up now.”
[ Her voice was soft, and she brushed her hand against his shoulder. The boy was clearly exhausted, but if he didn’t wake up he might get locked in. She’d just come by the school to see about borrowing a book from the library that the university didn’t have, but she couldn’t just leave him there like that. ]
“Come on, chiyu, wake up.”
“Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
“You’re telling me? The fucking empath?”
❝ Did you know, in Japanese legend if two star-crossed
lovers commit dual suicide, they get reincarnated as twins? ❞
“That goes along with the legend that soulmates are linked by a red thread tied around their pinky fingers, doesn’t it?”
“I am the flower prince do not mock my crown.”
“It’s a very good crown, Ethan.”
“Say my name, say my name, if no one is around you, say ‘baby, I love you—’”
“If you ain’t running ga—Oh, shit!”
“Careful there, darlin’. Don’t fall.”
