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That actually pulled a laugh out of me, the sound slipping past my guard before I could help it.

Rook’s voice came low and unbothered: “Still can be arranged. Ferret, too. D-W is already halfway ghost.”

I frowned at that. “Halfway ghost?”

Cade nodded. “We’re not letting anything happen to any of you.”

Roxxi raised a brow. “Speak for yourself. I’m not worried about me. I’m worried about you boys.”

Every guy gave her the same amused look.

I rolled my eyes at them. “She’s right. You’re not invincible.”

Rook leaned into the screen. “Aren’t we, though?”

“That attitude is how you get stalked in locker rooms.”

“You guys are going to need to not fly off the handle and make smart choices,” Ari lectured.

Nick smirked. “I make very smart choices.”

“Sure, you do,” Cloe remarked sarcastically.

“To be honest, I’m worried about all of you. These secrets you all seem to have, who knows what they’ll do with them?”

Nick went still. “Everyone has secrets.”

Xander’s gaze sharpened. “Are you excluding yourself?”

Rook spoke quietly. “Hers doesn’t count.”

“Exactly,” I affirmed. “I think everyone already knows. You guys do.”

Cade straightened. “You mean what we’ve all known since forever?”

Nick nodded. “You and Ryder?”

I breathed in, then out. “Point’s been made, I think.”

Xander didn’t drop it. “You can’t keep running.”

“I’m not.”

“Then why deflect every time we bring it up?”

“I ‘ve been sitting here wondering why, after last night and this morning, you’re pretending I don’t exist, Sass.”

Every square on the call went still.

Nick grinned and sat up straighter. “Wait, last nightandthis morning? You two finally—?”

“It’s not like that,” I snapped, heat crawling up my neck.

“Oh, it’s definitely like that,” Ryder stated.

I glanced at his frame and instantly hated myself for it. He looked insufferably relaxed.

Cade gave a lazy grin. “She’s being shy.”

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