lets out a short t

hese girls will drag you straight to Dad Griffin. And we both know

ts. And extreme

inding out about my relationship with Hunter. But Saturn ha

p with commoners is a blunt no. In this case, baby girl, you are th

true.

nly saw a picture. Anyone would suspect I'm fangirling and I won't fault them for that

urn lets out a laugh. "He only needs my word, girl

ace as I snarl under my breath, "Bitch,"

rn wouldn't scroll up past last month's chats before she'd begin to wo

ing finding out what Da

it's leaving the long sword Dad Griffin has kept between us since I beca

throom, her eyes amused as

rs. On the damn

causes the dull ache in my head. Or it's probably from the fall earlier, or the strug

irror, her face displaying a bright,

ok away, but the girl

me grand adventure, including dating an outcast." She spares a glimpse at me, grinning. "Imagine his face when

giggles as her fingers dance across the screen,

s something into it with a drawl under her breath. "At... General... Yosvolec." Then she acts a dramatic pause before lo

ucking brot

what you want

of." Her eyes gleam with mischief as she watches me. I know that look, she's expecting a r

h

ur 'enemy' know your weak spot. The girl knows mine as well as she k

you have a choice. Meanwhile, I have this..." She waves my phone, then nods toward t

eight of my situatio

ront of Hunter again. Not while I'm

n. "Grab her," she orders the maids,

o

ay I can wiggle myself out of three large

ll walk o

signals the ma

through the hallways, past maids

sty basement, the air grows thick with the mellow, earthy aroma

ine the walls, and their dark glass bo

ks, his back turned to us. Dad Griffin, however, sits on a wooden

n we make our chaotic entrance, his gray Verdi beard

oving to Saturn. "What's going on?" he utters

to introduce our former family member to Big Brother." Her gaze turns to

ed eyes follow Hunter, who-with his tuxedo jacket removed-reveals a taut, white shi

or knowingly ignoring everything else. And despite him being over there, it feels as if h

now what