Chapter 138

• Chapter 138: Sweet Distractions & Bitter Warnings
• They sit together on the narrow amusement park bench, sharing the same chair as though gravity itself was conspiring to keep them close. Her legs are slightly folded beneath her, her gown tight just above her knees in the warm breeze. She’s balancing two towering cones of cotton candy in her hands—one pink, one blue. Her tongue darts out hesitantly, caught in a trivial war: which color deserves the first taste?
• But just as she leans forward, ready to commit to a lick of the pink one, her gaze flickers sideways. Something shifts in the atmosphere. She catches it immediately.