Ben pov
After a long pause, rainie finally spoke softly, "So, what's the deal with you and him?"
Even though we were supposed to be close relatives by blood, how did we end up hating each other so intensely, constantly at odds?
I leaned back against the car door, and the light from a streetlamp filtered through the branches of a tall tree, casting shadows that seemed to slice my face into pieces, making my features blurry.
But my eyes were bright, as cold as snow.
After a long silence, I said, "Indeed, he's my cousin. Even though neither of us wants to admit it, that's the ridiculous truth."
Rainie was taken aback.
She really wanted to get to the bottom of it, but when she saw the faint smile at the corner of my lips, she couldn't bring herself to speak.
That smile was subtle, like
