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“The scarecrows aren’t playing.”
“Comforting.”
“If you want me to stop, yell my name.”
“Rhett?”
“Yes.”
“Not Reaper?”
“No.”
Her expression changes. She understands why.
Rhett is the man. Reaper is the role.
Good.
“And if I fall?”
“I’ll find you.”
“If something else finds me?”
“I’ll kill it.”
She smiles.
Fuck me.
“Cocky.”
“Experienced.”
She laughs. “Did Kai tell you that line?”
My smile disappears.
Hers gets bigger. “Oh my God.”
“Run, Sage.”
“Jealous?”
“Run.”
She takes another step backward. The corn brushes her shoulders. “Say please.”
I stare at her.
She grins.
“Absolutely fucking insufferable.”
“So I’ve been told.”
“Please.”
