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“Any chance of getting something sweet to go with my coffee?�� [Finn] asked in a hopeful voice.

I arched an eyebrow at him. “You mean all those pieces of strawberry pie that you ate for lunch weren't enough?��

“I’m a growing boy,�� Finn said in a sincere tone. “I need my vitamins.��

Bria snorted. “The only thing that’s growing on you, Lane, is your ego.��

Finn sidled up to my sister and gave her a dazzling smile. “Well, other things of mine also tend to swell up in your presence, detective.”
― Jennifer Estep, Spider’s Revenge

“So,�� I said. “Exactly how long have the two of you been together? I assume that you’ve been going hot and heavy ever since that night at Fletcher’s house when the bounty hunters interrupted you. Am I right?��
Finn and Bria didn’t look at me or each other.
“Right,�� Bria mumbled. “Although if it makes you uncomfortable—��
“Then Gin’s just going to have to deal with it,�� Finn cut her off.
Bria stared at him in surprise.
“What?�� Finn said. “I worked too hard and too long to get you into my bed to just cut you loose now, cupcake.��
Bria’s eyes narrowed. “Cupcake?��
“Cupcake.�� Finn grinned at her. “Or would you prefer snuggle bunny?��
Bria’s hand drifted down to the gun on her leather belt, as though she wanted to pull it out and shoot Finn with it. Well, it was good to know I wasn’t the only one who occasionally had that reaction to him.
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Then I fixed them both with a hard stare. “Just don’t ask me to take sides when the two of you go at each other. Okay?��
They nodded, then looked at each other. Finn waggled his eyebrows in a suggestive manner, and Bria snorted. But she couldn’t stop a grin from curving her lips.”
― Jennifer Estep, Spider’s Revenge

“Bria was silent for a moment. “What—what were you dreaming about?��
I shrugged. “The usual. The night that our mother and Annabella died. I always see different parts of it, different bits and pieces.��
“What did you see tonight?��
I grimaced, even though she couldn’t see it in the darkness. “Oh, tonight was a real doozy. I dreamed about watching them die, about seeing them both disappear into balls of flames as Mab’s elemental Fire washed over them.��
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― Jennifer Estep, Spider’s Revenge

“She was their savior, after all. He just wondered if she knew that she had already saved him.”
― Sarah Beth