The Spite Play

69

Author: Aeliana Thorne

69

ADELINE

Evening rolls in faster than I expect, and somehow — I’m actually having fun. More than fun, even. I’m smiling. Laughing. And I don’t even have to pretend.

At some point, Reid convinced me that a walking tour was a brilliant idea. And — annoyingly — he was right.

“The scenery here is unreal,” I whisper, eyes soaking in the golden sky, the cobblestone path, the way the light hits the buildi