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ith Jackson Dune

happened with Jackson ranked up there. I was going to put it in

would blame me if I slept with Jackson to forget the last year of stupidity I'd let

Would I for

gotten und

and I was so

en seen us leave. I'd been friends with Heidi and Emery for almost two years now, but the whole Dune family thing was a bit over my head. Strangely, it

e going agai

dn't

ty-melting grin, an

. I should go back to the party and enjoy my time with frien

d out the d

n the key ring. I didn't see his shiny red Alfa Romeo. A fucking beautiful car th

e toward Jensen

re you doing

for a

ucking driving

o a smile. "I'm no

to me, and I caugh

huge truck? Does Jensen eve

won't care." He popped open the

car, Jackson. Grand theft a

e then?" he asked, r

out of his reach

your ass in

e'd managed it. I wasn't a small person. Short, yes. Thin, no. I'd never in a million years been Heidi's size. Not that I

softly. My voice

mm

ain without permission,

finger down my exposed

eep from slapping his endearingly h

e intrigued. N

jumped into the passenger seat. I couldn't believe myse

yself was, Why? Bec

e regret this

Tahoe, or I wasn't sure how I would have managed. The roads at Ransom Canyon were narrow. Luckily,

hen Landon had driven down it. This was a whole new level of unease. We certainly didn't

busy concentrating on not falling off of a cliff that I hadn

turn it around and back up to

.how

l you whe

thought I was going to dri

ain," he said when I ref

t going to st

ome on

owing after him. I couldn't believe I was doing this. Why am I at

nted to show me?" I

uck and dropped a blanket over the bed. He sat d

took his offered seat

en though he was clearly drunk. I didn't forgive him for pulling me into the lake or all the other stuff that had happened, but

t my thigh and our shoulders almost touching. An electric current seemed to r

ear the screams of excitement and adrenaline, but I could sense it. Houses dotted the lakeshore, gliding evenly up the canyon walls. Some were as large as the crazy mansion