saw Juni thrash her head to the side, unleashing a scream into a pillow. But that wasn’t going to work for me. Not here where there was no reason to hide. “Don’t do that,” I rasped, glancing up her jersey-clad body. “I need to hear you.” “And I need you to stop talking so you can focus,” she snapped, eyes burning as she stared back at me. I grinned. So beautiful. So alive.

