Between a Fox and a Hard Place (Fox Family, #1)

by Mary Frame

laborious

hot lumbersnack

Resolute,

ramifications.

whirling dervish,

little slice of joy

pink

scut

harangue

assuaged.

flabbergasted.

solvency expert.”

Lum-Weston Industries.

pink

Jacobs head

*Jacob's

Scrum

beleaguered

nefarious

dissuade

pink,

Pink

diverter valve

pink.

He smiles at me, and it’s as potent as an electric jolt.

nefarious.”

“The problems really started when he was fifteen.” “Fifteen?” “That’s when Aria died. They were twins.” Her gaze shutters.

five sisters

altruistic

“That one doesn’t have to put the cookies in the oven. He just walks by and winks at it.”

didn’t know until this moment that I had been waiting for that genuine happiness, aimed in my direction. I could conquer entire worlds for that smile.

joy,

It doesn’t go away. The pain, the grief. It never goes away; it just changes shape.” We

dossier

Machiavellian.”

pink.”

“Pink?

ostensibly

lien

dichotomy

“I don’t feel like a survivor. I feel like a flounderer.”

“Grief is universal. No one is immune.”

ramifications

pink

pink

pink

he’s still leaving. Isn’t he? I don’t get to keep him.

One thought lingers as I descend into slumber. I wish I could keep him.

caveats,

Archer’s mere presence knocks down the dam, a hurricane of pent-up chaos I’ve been keeping shuttered and locked inside. I can let go now. He’s here to hold me together even when I’m falling apart. He’s my safe space.

“You all lost a little sister. I lost a piece of my soul.”