Second to the Right (The Neverland Chronicles, #1)

by T.S. Kinley

I popped the delicate clasp and looked for the inscription that I knew was inside, ‘To die will be an awfully big adventure.’

“Shall I cross the veil and kill him for you?” his face was absolutely serious, “Then we can forget all about him.”

“We have time. I won’t rush things with you. I plan to draw this out. Savor every step along the way… then maybe you’ll stay.”

I wouldn’t reject the other boys. I couldn’t deny that I was developing feelings for each of them. I wanted to kiss them; I wanted all of them.

“You’ve been biting that lip all day and now it’s my turn for a taste,” he said, his voice husky.

“Because we have a casual relationship, and out of all the Lost Boys she’s slept with, she knows I fuck her the best.”

“I didn’t bring her here for you all to fuck her. She’s a daughter of Wendy. You know what that means to me! She’s better than that, and you don’t deserve her!”

“I’m not sure how I’ll ever sleep without you, Hen.”

“Gwen, a simple disagreement with Pan isn’t enough to keep me from what I want.”

demure

A Lost Girl

Captain James Hook.

want you. I don’t care anymore if you break me when you leave. I’d rather be a broken man who took his chance at real love rather than a foolish man that turned his back on it.”

I’ll have to find the strength to hold it together until the end of eternity. Maybe we could meet there, in the end, and pick up where we left off.”

“Gwen, I know I can’t keep you,” he said slowly, his voice husky and low, “but in this moment, you are mine.”

“You are perfect in every way. Let me worship at your temple.”

“You are divine, Gwen. My goddess, and I will worship you for all eternity.”

“Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day.” My heart melted as he quoted Romeo and Juliet to me. I mean isn’t it every girl’s fantasy to have Shakespeare recited to them?

“But I think it’s only fitting for a daughter of Wendy to be Queen of the Lost Boys.”

I felt like I had walked into a Greek myth. I was Persephone, goddess of fertility, being brought to the Underworld to be seduced by Hades.

“Did you hear that Neverland? She fucking loves me!”

“I love you too, Hen. The only difference is that I really mean it. You’re still making up your mind, but that’s okay. I can wait and you know for damn sure, I’ll do everything I can to make you mean it,”