The car door slammed open, the sharp crack slicing through the stillness of the quiet street. Fallyn stepped out, her hair shimmering in the glow of the late streetlights, a sly curve dancing at the corners of her lips.
"Hey sis," she murmured, her voice a soft tease, effortless and deliberate, as if she had stepped straight out of a story written just for the night.
But the air shifted the moment Alexander's shadow fell across her.
"Ain't you cold?" His voice snapped like a whip, each word sharp enough to cut through the lingering warmth around her. "Why would you step out without a coat?"
Fallyn's heart twisted with irritation as she shot Alexander a covert glare, her annoyance flaring the moment her gaze brushed Fiona. Across from her, Fiona's brows knitted tightly, irritation simmering in her eyes as she struggled to keep it contained.
