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“I’ll tell Skye” Buck threatens, as if we’re four and I stole his favorite toy

“Like she’ll care”

Buck raises a brow “Are you kidding? She’ll tell all her friends”

Shit He’s right My mom won’t be able to keep her yap shut She’ll ask me inappropriate questions I won’t stand for it

I grab onto the lapels of Buck’s jacket and try to haulone of those rock walls—a big, hairy rock wall—so I give up and yank on his shirt until he bends to meet me

“You listen to me, asshole If you breathe one word of this to ot drunk and you tried to feelyou I’ll do it” Buck has never tried to feel me up—not on purpose, anyway

“You wouldn’t,” Buck whisper-hisses

I’ve got hi, of course I would never actually touch those “You wanna tryto lose”

“Okay, okay I won’t say a wordjustcan we talk in private? Please?” With his hands raised he glances between Alex and me, his panic evident

Only the two of us have knowledge of this incident In fact, if I was honest with hiourd at the tirope e in situations such as these

I let go of his lapels “You’veI’ off”

I’d invite Alex to come without, but I’ a rooht, thwarting

Alex whispers so inout of his nose andnoise that resembles a word

“If you want to,” Buck says amicably