The Peer and the Puppet (When Rivals Play, #1)
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She was equally infuriating and fascinating, and I could never let her know.
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“Rethink your next move, Archer, or I promise to make you regret it.”
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My mother warned me that one day I’d meet a girl who wasn’t afraid of a challenge.
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“She would have loved you. You are the karma I deserve.”
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Seeing no other way out of this, I sunk my teeth into his calf.
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“Tell that to someone who doesn’t see the way you two look at each other when you think no one is paying attention.”
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“You must be driving my cousin’s head wild,” he said as if I hadn’t spoken. “He’s never been rejected
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“Wait…Ever actually apologized for something he did?” Jamie stared at me as if I held the cure for cancer in the palm of my hand. “What are you doing to my cousin?”
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“Because I can’t stay away from you. I’m trying, Four, believe me. I try so fucking hard, but you keep pulling me in.”
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“Rest assured it’s not on purpose. I pull you in, you push me away. I never wanted this war, Ever. You did. Why should I be the only one with scars?”
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“I push you away because you don’t know what you do to me and I’m not sur...
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you carry yourself as if you were royalty. Always with your nose in the air, expecting your demands to be met.”
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“You two are so cute that I throw up in my mouth every time I lay eyes on you.”
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Ever and I weren’t a thing. We were a giant meteor heading straight for Earth with nothing in its path to stop it.
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Four was smart but naïve. Stubborn yet selfless. Fierce yet broken. And she could hold one hell of a grudge. She was pretty without being obvious,
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This shit between us was starting to resemble a dance. One step forward, and two steps back.
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I didn’t love Ever, either, but hearing him toss aside the notion so callously hurt more than I would ever admit to anyone.
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How did I put into words that the mere thought of her not breathing the same air as me made me a little less desperate for my next breath? Could I even trust her with that kind of power?
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“You’re sexy without effort, and it drives me crazy.”
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Four was the single most fascinating person I’d met in a long time. She was an amalgamation of right and wrong and exactly the girl my mother warned would steal my heart and then dare me to take it back.