How to Break an Undead Heart (The Beginner's Guide to Necromancy, #3)

by Hailey Edwards

“You know that saying?” I said around a third slurp. “Jack of all trades, master of none?” His pleasure dimmed a few watts. “Yes.” “They never met you.” The cold numbed the inside of my mouth, and the dull ache in my jaw faded to nothing. “It’s ridiculous that you excel at everything.”

“You’re flush.” Linus still held my hand. “Do you have a fever?” “Maybe?” Anything was better than admitting what was on my mind. Namely him. “I don’t feel so good.” For as long as I could remember, I had wanted one thing, and that one thing was Boaz Pritchard. Now I had him, some days more than others, and I was blushing over drinking after Linus. Ridiculous. Absurd. Impossible. Ludicrous. I didn’t like Linus. I didn’t want Linus. I didn’t find Linus attractive.

“Don’t all those sides get confusing?” I bumped shoulders with him. “Can’t you ever just be the real you?” “Real is an abstract concept. Are we ever ourselves, our whole selves, except when we’re alone?”