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Prologue

Jake

This had to be a joke A colossal, the-world-gets-off-on-fucking-with-me kind of joke

I stared in disbelief at the flashy red car stuck in a snowbank on the side of the road A convertible Jaguar sports car? In the Rocky Mountains in Nove the long, secluded road tosocial for the day, since I’d just finished er to get back to the solitude of home Unfortunately, as much as I would have liked to just steer my truck around the ridiculous vehicle, as to let my truck roll to a slow stop, so I wouldn’t end up in the same predicament as the clueless driver in front of me

A blur of white climbed out of the sports car as I stepped out of le ency brake like a sane person) My battered snow boots hit the icy ground with a thunk, and I grabbedthe truck door closed

“Need help?” I asked unnecessarily while shouldering onit up The person–I could hardly even tell if it was a man or a woht before slipping on the icy pave us both down and a shih an to lose traction as the figure let out a ed to keep us both upright, but I had to grab onto more firm flesh than I would have preferred in order to do it

“Shit! Hell, sorry!” the person blurted before locking eyes with me And then it was like time itself came to a complete stop

Magical blue irises sparkled in the late afternoon sun and fair skin bloomed pink in the cold winter air The tall pine trees all around us gave the scene a kind of peaceful hush as the two of us just stood and stared at each other through a few inches of frosty air

A man

I could see that now He was fucking gorgeous Beautiful, like a… like a er, maybe The kind of look that made sure you couldn’t look away Was it just his eyes? Or was it…

What in the hell was he wearing? I was on sensory overload as I took in his long white-blond hair, which was covered by sood looked like it was spun fro? I skirted my eyes lower to take in the rest of hiht of all the white

Because everything he earing hite