“Hey you know what they say you should do when life gives you lemons?" The sudden change in topic made my head spin, "Make lemonade?" I answered weakly. "Lemonade? Who the fuck do you hang out with, Girl Scouts? No,… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“Jonah reached up and brushed Zev’s brown locks off his forehead, the expression on his face tender. “We’re done with high school now, Zev.… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“feet onto the file boxes serving as a coffee table and smacked Zev in the stomach. “Ow. Fuck, Toby, that hurt.” “Yeah, right. Come on, Zev, I haven’t got all night. I need to go home, shower, pretend to go to bed, then meet your sister outside your parents’ house so I can corrupt her. And I’m not gonna get… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“My brain hurts,” Zev groaned. Jonah patted his head. “Of course it does. It’s a sad little organ that isn’t used to getting this… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“Aren’t we waiting for Lori?” Jonah asked. Toby didn’t turn around as he answered. “Nah, she isn’t coming. We’ll meet up with her later today.” Great. Lori was too pissed to see him and Toby was like Antarctica. Jonah still wasn’t completely sure why they were so angry, given the fact that Zev hadn’t told anyone back home about their… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“I DON’T disagree with you, Mother, Clarissa is a very beautiful woman. But I’m not going to date her.” Zev didn’t bother trying to hide the frustration in his voice. Honestly, how many times would he have to tell his family that he wasn’t interested in their setups? He leaned his large frame against the back of the leather couch… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“Sitting in his parents’ living room and fending off setup attempts made Zev realize there was a downside to empowering his pack to speak their minds—now he was forced to listen to them. Maybe he’d have been better off leaving things as they’d always been. Then nobody, and certainly not a female, even if she was an elder and a… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“Yes, it was a joke. It’s a good thing I’m moving back here, Pup. You’re clearly starved for intelligent company if you can’t even… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“Okay, okay. Just tell me this.” His tone alone was enough to put me on guard. I knew he was up to no good.… — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
“Its a good thing I'm here, big guy, because you have shit taste in friends." Okay, I said the last part intentionally, knowing how Aaron would react. And right on cue, Aaron said: "He's not my friend!" "Well, I guess that settles it, Nick. You're not going to be rebound guy because, despite your predictions of woe, Aaron and I… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“When Zev still didn’t say anything, Toby visibly stiffened, seemingly steeling his courage, and then continued speaking. “Is something going on with Jonah?” “We haven’t talked about Jonah since he moved away,” Zev answered after a short pause. “I know.” “That was three and a half years ago,” Zev continued. “I know.” He probably should have been surprised that Toby… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“Both boys played soccer in the Etzgadol City League. They were on different teams, of course. Zev’s team was all shifters. He was sure the pack would have forced them to play in an all-shifter league, if there were such a thing. But the shifter population didn’t have enough boys in his age group to make up a whole league,… — Cardeno C Copy Share
“And with that, my friend drove away and left me at the gates of hell, deceptively decorated to look like a Martha Stewart magazine.” — Cardeno C Copy Share Image
