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“Yeah?” Her gut tightened for a second. Would it be okay
if Nate knew?
“It’s a twin thing, right?” Nate said. “Some unspoken
bond? One feels incomplete without the other?”
Greta laughed. He wasn’t entirely wrong, just missing a
few details. She leaned against his arm. Only a slight wobble.
Almost as good as Ash.
She fell asleep on a foam mattress on the floor, with Ash

and Nate playing Wizard’s Quest at the coffee table, Ash
complaining about the rules. Then jerked awake. Every light
off. Silence. A shadow over her, bending closer. Greta gasped
and scrambled back, bumping her head on the bookshelf.
“Greta, it’s me.” A whisper.
She held her hands out to push him away and pinched
her eyes shut. Waiting for the weight of his body to crush her. ADVANCE READING COPY

Her heart filled her whole throat—she couldn’t make a sound.
“I’m just bringing you an extra blanket.”
She knew the voice. Nate. Another part of her brain regis-
tered a soft, feathery layer spread over her body. The shadow
stepped away.
She dropped her hands and sucked in a breath. “Nate?”
she yelped. Her back still pressed against the bookshelf, the
only light from the moon through the window.
“Sorry if I woke you. It gets cold in here at night. I have

extra blankets for you and Ash.” He walked over to Ash’s sleeping
form on the sofa and draped one over him too. Ash didn’t stir.
Greta drew another breath, aware of her sweat against
the cold air. She watched Nate crawl into his own bed—a

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