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The roo towardabout, but I ed a shaky smile and wave for the camera "Hi"

Sle on left, tandeht," Little John said frolass door was open to the balcony

Paxton led rated metal balcony Holy shit How many stories up e? How far apart were the metal slats? For the love of God, I could see the sidewalk through the space between athered there

My vision narrowed, blackening at the edges, and what had been the grate seconds earlier now looked like a steep canyon ith nothing between round hundreds of feet below I blinked rapidly until the grate returned

"I think I’ll go inside," I whispered, backing up slowly until I bu

"This is for you, Ba

"What?" I squeaked Don’t look down Focus on him

"Bahts," he answered

"Bambi is a boy, and what the hell would I need a harness for?"

"That" Landon pointed toward two thick wires Paxton was inspecting, which led fro way--a wall at the end of the pool On the ship Our ship The one in port at least six stories beneath us "We’re zip-lining into the set-sail party," he said with a grin, as if I’d been given so ot a no-go," Little John called out

Paxton looked over fro whatever contraption wanted to kill ently by the ar and, for once, hts weren’t on how hot he was but rather how quickly I could kill hi that" My words ran together "I don’t even kno to do that, nor would I ever want to It’s insane" And dangerous And so high

"It’s fun," he pro my feet

"It’s not fun, it’s death, and I want no part of it"

"It’s perfectly safe Step again"

My legs acted on autopilot, my eyes firmly focused on the zip line "Why the hell would you even do so like this?"

"Because no one has," he answered, as if that was reason enough

"Did you ever stop to think there’s a reason no one has done it? Maybe it’s dangerous? Or illegal?"