Alexis stared at her, eyes wide and heart pounding, and in that moment Jack knew three things without question: that Alexis was the most beautiful girl she had ever seen, and that it was no surprise Alexis had managed to attract a phantom lover. It was more of a surprise that the ghost hadn’t found himself in a queue of living lovers twelve deep. The third thing was that there was no point in her staying here and making moon-eyes at the other girl, who would never see a shadow as its own living creature, and would never love her as she was already halfway into love with Alexis.
