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Rada, Zahara, and I crest the hill to see the flames from the campfire below. Alaric, Trevor, Malik, and Sophia are already sitting around it.
I notice right away that Sophia is next to Alaric, and a sudden flare erupts in my stomach. It almost feels like jealousy, but that’s not possible. Sophia can have his ice-cold a*s. Besides, I’ve got to keep my distance from anything with a p***s until I know for sure that I can trust myself—and my ovaries—to stay under control. With that in mind, I ignore Trevor when he pats the ground next to him invitingly, choosing instead to sit in between Zahara and Rada.
“So,” Rada says. “Zahara claims we need to talk strategy—as a group. I would like to say right up front that I don’t think it’s a good idea. There’s only one crown, remember?”
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