I fell, okay?"
"Then clawed your way out like a bad zombie movie?
Where else do you want to be kissed?
Lee NicholsLukas grinned at me. "I didn't know how badass you are. That's kind of hot.
Lee NicholsA message had been sent to EmmaVaile at an account I didn't recognize. It was from BennettStern at the same network.
Four words: "I'm grateful for you.
I knew you liked him," Henry said. "Ever since he tied your tie.
Lee NicholsWell, something's wrong," Max said, his brow knit with concern. "After twenty minutes alone with Bennett, she's still wearing her shirt.
Lee NicholsYour chimp?" Bennett asked with a half laugh.
"Despite what you might think, that is not a term of endearment for your girlfriend!" Harry explained, raising his hands in a placating gesture. "Even though she has monkey toes.
He stripped to his trunks, then dove into the pool. We all watched as he broke the surface and climbed from the water, his muscles slick and wet, his green eyes glowing in the half light of the glass ceiling. I heard Natalie and Sara both sigh, and Harry murmur that it almost made him want to go gay. Coby stretched out on a chaise beside me and asked, “So you still sorry you moved here?
Lee NicholsStichwörter: humor attraction pretty
At school, Max searched the archives alone-Edmund had stopped appearing, and I didn't have the heart to summon him. Kylee was still acting timid and injured, and the ghost jocks were even more outrageously annoying-trying to cover their underlying nervousness, I thought.
Harry and Sara couldn't feel anything wrong, but they took their cues from us, and searched the student lounges with a wariness that I'd never seen from either of them. Britta was as sneering and mean as ever, completely unchanged, and I wanted to kiss her.
I managed to restrain myself.
He crossed toward me, a grin curving his mouth-then he stopped. "Should I get the other blade?"
I looked at the sword in my hand. "I'm waiting for the Rake."
He raised a brow. "The Rake?"
Oh, right, we'd never talked about him. "He's a ghost. Your ancestor. The Bennett you're named after."
"What?" Bennett laughed in surprise. "Here? When did he show up?"
"Um...a couple days after you brought me here from San Francisco."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"He's private. And you're both Bennetts. It'd be like...I don't know. Traveling back in time and meeting yourself."
"And you call him 'the Rake'?"
"Well, he's all swagger and devilish charm," I explained.
"In that case, how can you tell us apart?
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