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Chapter 1

I wasn’t sure okewind froht and my room was quiet Peaceful I rolled onto my side and blinked

Eyes the color of dew-covered leaves stared into mine Eyes eerily familiar but lackluster compared to the ones I loved

Dawson

Clenching the blanket to led hair out of my face Maybe I was still asleep, because I really had no idea why Dawson, the twin brother of the boy I was madly, deeply, and quite possibly insanely in love as perched on the edge of my bed

“U okay?” I clearedto sound sexy and, inI’d done while Mr Michaels, e in the warehouse was still reflected in my voice a week later

Dawson lowered his gaze Thick, sooty lashes fanned the tips of high, angular cheeks that were paler than they should be If I’d learned anything, Daas daoods

I glanced at the clock It was close to six in the et in here?”

“I let myself in Your mom’s not home”

With anyone else, that would’ve creeped the hell out of me, but I wasn’t afraid of Dawson “She’s snowed in at Winchester”

He nodded “I couldn’t sleep I haven’t slept”

“At all?”

“No And Dee and Dae me to understand what he couldn’t put into words

The triplets—hell, everyone—was coiled tight, waiting for the Department of Defense to show up as the days ticked by since Dawson escaped their Lux prison Dee was still trying to process her boyfriend Adam’s death and her beloved brother’s reappearance Dae to be there for his brother and to keep an eye on theh storm troopers hadn’t busted up in our houses yet, none of us were relaxed

Everything was too easy, which usually didn’t bode well

Soalloped right into it

“What have you been doing?” I asked