A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"Yesterday? What did I say yesterday?"

Silas looked genuinely confused. Truth be told, he didn't remember a single thing he'd said the night before.

But Norton and the other two guys were all staring at him, eyes fixed, like they were waiting for something.

Clearly, he must've said something.

He tried again, “Did I say something I shouldn't have last night?”

He really couldn't remember. All he could recall was that he hadn't been tired at all, then, somehow, he just fell asleep out of nowhere.

It was weird, honestly. How did he manage to doze off like that, in a place like this?

Noticing the blank look on his face, Norton shot a glance at the other two.

It was pretty obvious: Silas had been hypnotized. Which meant whatever he'd said last night was probably the deepest, rawest stuff buried in his heart.

Remembering what they'd overheard, the three guys suddenly got real quiet. They glanced at Silas, then at Calliope. Their faces looked... complicated, to say the least.

"What's going on?"

her brothers and couldn't help but ask. Their reaction was just odd, and she

finally said with a grin. "Let's eat breakfast,

a bit suspicious, but let it

kitchen table with their pancakes and coffee, she leaned over to Silas and whispered, asking

He remembered chatting for a while, just shooting the breeze,

he

did care about Callie, would do absolutely

the others wanted to test him, so be

crew decided to head out

girl in the group, but with the four of them together, they were impossible to miss at

the guys looked like they'd walked straight out of a GQ cover shoot. Each one more dashing, more successful-looking, more movie star-worthy than the last. If it'd just been one of them, maybe people could ignore it.

being looked after by the guys. It was clear they all cared about her, which only fueled the gossip and curious stares

are those guys? Are

hot. Seriously, are there

never seen