The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year

by Ally Carter

“I look like I’m one long white nightgown away from being killed in a gothic novel.” But Ethan simply said, “I’ll protect you.” She laughed softly. “From a ghost?” “From everything.”

“I know the world hasn’t given you a lot of reasons to believe this, but just so you know, if you were mine, I’d never make you park the car because my shoes are suede. If you were mine, I’d carry you through the storm. If you were mine, I’d fight the sky.”

“So, what you’re saying is, I’m what you want for Christmas?” She was turning red. She was trying to tease. “No.” Oh. “You’re what I want for always.”

“You know, if mankind has one universal superpower, it’s gaslighting women into thinking they’re the problem.”