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Chapter 1

Hayden

Aliens have a bit of a proble

My brother Quinn stole a ship He saved soood when he took that ship and even ood when he returned it, but he still took it without permission

Ezra, , too He stole a bow He took it and he went hunting and he brought back an incredible haul, including a woman, but he still stole it

And Gaz,

Only the thing Gaz stole is so Gaz can do hat he took is to cherish it or break it because he stole et it back

I can’t remember the exact moment I realized I was in love with his shifted between us, when I stopped viewing hi more, as someone more

I can’t remember

Because when I think about h, I think that Gaz has always been there He’s always been close to us, always lingering around, always ready if

And I love him

I really, totally, completely love him

There’s just one proble in love with your best friend” thing: he has no idea how I feel

There’s a part of me that wants to tell him, that wants to explain how much I love him, how , to be his, but there’s a more rational part of me that knows this is a bad idea

If I put myself out there and tell Gaz how I feel, there’s a chance he’s going to reject oing to be the saain

And right now, our friendship is good It’s solid I’s to be over between us, so I keep hts to myself

“Hayden! Good s me out of my daydreams and back to the present Gaz’s receptionist is beautiful She’s a Sapphiran, like me, so she’s tall and lanky and blue Her hair falls past her shoulders in ringlets and for just a brief second, I wish I was half as pretty as Izzie is She’s got the kind of beautyis that she doesn’t even kno pretty she is Izzie seems to think she’s normal, ordinary, but she’s not She couldn’t be ordinary if she tried

“Hi Izzie,” I walk across the s She s?”