Carina

"...Sure," Evaline said quietly, already feeling uncertain. As long as her mom didn't find out, there shouldn't be any problems. They'll be okay.

Mel scrunched her face when Nikolai joked that he thought she wanted to stay warm for as long as possible, but she smiled in amusement as well because he was ...

If they weren't on a damn tree right now, Evaline would have walked away. She would have walked away and ditched Jerica, not caring if she didn't know where she ...

"Oh, fuck you," Evaline said, voice thick with venom. It wasn't like her to curse so much. In fact, she hardly did at all. But Jerica was infuriating and had ...

They were yelling at each other, clearly both frustrated and annoyed. All over the fact that they both were saving each other when neither of them asked for it. The ...

Evaline gritted her teeth, feeling her voice rising in volume as well as the annoyance turned to rage. " Why? " she yelled. "Why do you assume to be a ...

" What? " Evaline said in deep annoyance. "You can't even just say yes to that simple request? It's not that hard."

The irony was just too good to pass up, that Evaline couldn't stop the manic, mirthless laugh that escaped her throat. It rung through the air like a knife for ...

Evaline scoffed derisively at Jerica's comments. With the lack of patience, she felt herself tapping into the well of irritation and annoyance, knowing there was a finite amount before she'd ...

Evaline could feel her patience wearing thinner and thinner, and she was sure most of it was boiled already. Unlike previous times when she lost her patience and then her ...

"Well, maybe your hell involves me never answering any of your questions," Evaline continued, starting to let the impatience seep into her voice. "Why do you even want to know? ...

"You could have been hired to kill one or two people, and you'd still be an assassin," Evaline countered, stubbornly refusing to answer Jerica's question. "So you agree, then. You've ...

Evaline had to hand it to Jerica: she was smart. It seemed that she was able to see through her sour words and intentions, but when it came to herself, ...

"I don't really see what the big deal is," Elias said, and he was being serious, because he really had no clue. "I was just being friendly. What's the worst ...

Evaline let out a nervous chuckle, looking away from Maahes as she continued to squint toward the distance. "Um," she began, then said the next two words quietly. "My mom." ...