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Just like in nature, the prettiest things are often the most poisonous.
“Atmosphere is so important in these moments, don’t you think?” I ask as I bring up “Firework” by Katy Perry and turn it up to full volume.
There’s power in finding secrets and blowing them up in a beautiful, bright light.
“Exactly. So thank you for your totally unnecessary judgments, Budget Batman,”
“Works for me, Blunder Barbie,” my wet-suited Dark Knight snaps.
“Hate to break it to you, kid, but you’re still in your peak Sadman Cinderwhatever era with this doily shit. Rowan is going to love this.”
Lark Montague is beautiful. And I have to stop staring like a feckin’ creep.
“I said, ‘That girl is too good for you, asshat, but she loves you anyway. Don’t fuck it up.’ And he won’t. One thing I know for sure, Spider Lady. You and Rowan are meant for each other.”
“Fuck you,” I snarl. “And leave Mr. Buttons out of it.”
“Geallaim duit a bheith i mo fhear céile dílis duit, fad a mhairimid le chéile,”
“You made a severed finger into a feckin’ snow globe.” “It was almost Christmas,” she says with a shrug. “It felt … festive.”
“You. Lark feckin’ Montague.” Eyes molten with a dare, she gives me a sardonic smile. “Kane. Lark feckin’ Kane.”
“Lark never took the Covaci name,” Ethel says, her voice low and quiet. “She always said she would never leave that piece of her dad, Sam, behind. But she did it. For you.” I can feel Lachlan watching me in the rearview. But I can’t bear to meet his gaze. “Your wife just broke her family’s heart,” Ethel says. “And she did it to save your life.”
“Enjoy hell, Dr. Campbell. Tell the devil that the Kanes send their regards.”
“Oh, and don’t you dare open that present until I give you the bat signal or I swear to God, I will make your balls into snow globes. Okay, bye.”
“My feckin’ catastrophe,” he says as his thumb coasts across my cheek. “You fucking destroyed me. And now I can’t imagine being anything but the man that I am with you.”
“No, Keanu has not done that, because he is a bloody actor, ya feckin’ catastrophe.”
“I’m in love with my husband, Bentley. I guess that means we have to keep him.”
“Hear that, you scheming hell-raiser? I’m in love with Lachlan Kane. I’m pretty sure that’s what you were after, right?”
them. “You’re brave as hell. But you’re my person, Lark. I can’t do this without you.”
