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Now, I’m not a religious person. Obviously. But I do know this. When I am damned to hell, it’ll be because I fucking earned it.
Even I don’t know all the details. But they dare one another to do something stupid, and if they don’t complete the dare, they have consequences.
This entire town knows that I do what I want, when I want. No one tells me I can’t do something. And when I find myself in trouble, my father bails me out because he hates it when I make him look bad.
She’s gonna hate me, all right. And I’m gonna love it.
“These waters are infested with sharks. And you are bleeding.” She looks over my shoulder at Cole, then back at me. “But there are worse ways to die.”
I shouldn’t have let her pick up Lilly. I don’t want them getting close because I don’t want to hurt Lilly when I push Austin away after I’m done with her.
Don’t think I’ve changed, Austin. Because I haven’t. And I won’t.” I tilt my head back to look up at him. My heart pounds in my chest. “Are you saying I should be afraid?” He leans his head down and whispers into my ear, his hand still splayed across my back, holding me in place. “You should be terrified, sweetheart.” My breath hitches. “Because I’m gonna get what I want.” “Which is?” I can’t help but ask. “Everything you have to give.”
“SURPRISE! I’ll meet you in the sea. We’ll swim together as we flee.” He looks at Cole and then back down at the paper. “Consequence: you must dress like me for the day.”
“I’ll fight you, Cole. I’ll play this game even though I don’t know what the hell I’m doing. But I dare you to smile for me. I dare you to show me something that nobody else sees.”
“Even the devil catches feelings, or he wouldn’t go into rages. Even he knows how to love.”
“And you’ve always been the kind of guy who would burn this town down if given a reason.” She sits back in her seat, crossing her arms over her chest. She smiles at me. “And Austin is your reason.”
I want to show her that I can be better. That I can be the one to save her. Even if it’s a false sense of security. Because I’m not the one who saves. I destroy.
I was already nothing. Well, Austin Lowes, I’m about to make you something. Completely fucking mine! And the world is gonna know it.
He kisses my lips softly as if he can’t get enough. Or it’s all part of his game. At this point, I can’t tell the difference anymore. And that’s not good.
“I may not be a dare, but I am just a fucking game.” “What you are doesn’t matter,” he says simply.
I’m just fucking Austin ’cause I can. I’m just using her ’cause it’s convenient and pisses her father off. I’m gonna make that motherfucker pay in every way I can think of. And Austin ups the ante. Mine to control. Mine to fuck. And mine to use.
I’ll continue to protect her no matter what the cost. Because I’m the only one who can destroy Austin Lowes.
We’re like the devil is to sin. Without one, we wouldn’t have the other.
“She is nothing more than part of the game.”
It’s gonna be because more secrets are gonna catch up with me, and they are gonna blow up in my face.
Becky is my only true friend. I can trust her with anything.
“If Cole found your phone in his car, then it was because Cole planted it there.”
“Kellan is trying to help you. Cole wants to hurt you,”
“I decided since I didn’t get you anything for your birthday that I would help you out with college.” I thought Celeste had said they got me a trip for my birthday? Doesn’t matter, I won’t be using it.
But she didn’t want you. She wanted Lilly.”
“Celeste here”—he looks at her over his shoulder—“killed Betty, Cole and Lilly’s mother.”
