Shady

Zander was quiet for a moment, feeling like he was going about this all the wrong way. But how could he be any gentler than he was being? He didn’t ...

Ky grinned as well. “That’s a good one! I never would have gotten that without the hint. Good game!”

“… you were both in grave danger when you were born,” Zander said after a moment. That didn’t add up. Ky was perfectly safe until she was twelve; what was ...

“Oh! A mirror?” Ky asked.

“Zander?” Jerica demanded, looking at him with her arm still wrapped around him. “Zander?” Ky looked at him accusingly as well. What the hell was this? “Sit,” he said gently. ...

“…I’m honestly out of ideas,” Rifkin said after a moment. The girls nodded in agreement. “I’m stumped,” Ky agreed. “Can you give us a hint?”

Ky nodded in confirmation. Jerica stepped in, gaze suspicious as she surveyed the room. Ky seemed agitated. The asshole seemed guilty. And then there was — “ZANDER!” She shouldered past ...

“… oh… duh…” Rifkin blushed a little. “Guess stone was never alive… wood?”

“…why?” “I just want you to know that no matter what happens in there, what you’re about to hear, it doesn’t change anything between us,” Derik said to Jerica as ...

“… fire place?” Rifkin ventured.

Ky looked at Gaius, equally suspicious, and decided to bluff a little. Use the leverage she had on her side to be sure she got honesty from these men who ...

Ky looked between Zander and Tomhas suspiciously. “…what is it?”

“Dresser?” Talia asked.

“And what’s that?” She furrowed her brow slightly.

(I’m so stumped lol) “…a bookshelf?” Ky ventured.