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"Falling in love with Becca didnʼt e the fact that heʼs head over heels for Becca" Talleyas one true love Thatʼs just fairy tale stuff"

Actually dead nated by already married princes were fairy tale stuff , but I doubted Talley would wantto say that I could be in love with Charlie and Alex?"

"Iʼ that you do love Charlie and Alex"

"Then Iʼht, of course Talley was prettyabout itin lovein love alwaysa double-idiot" We were rapidly approaching Talleyʼs house, for which I was grateful I was ready for this conversation to be over "On one hand, Iʼm in love with someone who I have to lie about and sneak around to be with because, if anyone ever found out that weʼre together, it could cause some sort of crazy Shape Shifter epic battle On the other hand, Iʼm in love with my brotherʼs cousin who thinks of nore the fact that theyʼre both classic B-movie monsters If thatʼs not idiotic, then I really donʼt knohat is"

"Youʼre not an idiot"

"What am I then?"

Talley threw the car in park "Youʼre a hu us" She placed a consoling hand on e of e Do not be alar and occasionally painful, these e into such a smart ass"

"I learned it fro to pretend youʼre referring to Jase"

"If it makes you feel better" She started to open the car door, but stopped and faced o see my mother"

I re-clicked my seatbelt "Never mind Take me home" I would much rather face an irate Charlie than a disappointed Mrs Matthews

Talley reached over and undid my seatbelt "Too late Anyway, sheʼll be happy to see you

Sheʼs spent half the day certain you had been kidnapped by an online predator" I reluctantly got out of the car "What does your , although that seemed like the most Mrs Matthews appropriate power in the world

"Colors and patterns," Talley said, opening the door to the garage her mother had converted into a workshop "Not as flashy as some other powers, but infinitely, it wasacross her face

Mrs Mattheas a seamstress who specialized in shiny She received orders froymnast, ice skaters, and drum majors If it required sequins, Delia Mattheas the seaed to look much taller than her five feet and four inches "There is so I need you to try on"