At the office, I found an X in marker on the floor beside the trash can. I moved it and found another note. Another dotted line, this one leading outside to another X. That one ended just inside the forest, where I found a third note under a pebble…It was blank.
I looked up.
Rafe's laugh floated down from the trees. "Can't fool you, huh?"
I scaled the tree. When I reached his branch, he was sitting there, legs dangling.
"Will that branch hold two?" I said, looking at it.
"Maybe. The question is whether you're willing to risk it."
I swung onto the branch and started sidling out.
He grinned. " question, wasn't it?"
"It was."
"You can't resist me."
"No, I can't resist a dare."
I stopped. He looked at the distance between us and lifted his brows.
"This seems close enough," I said. "For safety's sake."
"Safe from the branch breaking? Or from me?
I looked up.
Rafe's laugh floated down from the trees. "Can't fool you, huh?"
I scaled the tree. When I reached his branch, he was sitting there, legs dangling.
"Will that branch hold two?" I said, looking at it.
"Maybe. The question is whether you're willing to risk it."
I swung onto the branch and started sidling out.
He grinned. " question, wasn't it?"
"It was."
"You can't resist me."
"No, I can't resist a dare."
I stopped. He looked at the distance between us and lifted his brows.
"This seems close enough," I said. "For safety's sake."
"Safe from the branch breaking? Or from me?
( Kelley Armstrong )
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