A Reborn Bride Pearl Emerging from Dust by Sally Garcia

"She actually scared the owner!"

"This is hilarious! Never seen anyone this good before!"

Off to the side, Norton grinned and asked, "So, wanna keep playing? If you're having fun, let's go another round. If not, we can just move on."

He already had his wallet half out, ready to pay for another game if Mavis said the word.

If she wanted to keep going, he'd pay without hesitation. But if she was done, he'd just take her hand and keep walking.

"I think that's enough," Mavis said, eyeing the arcade owner, who looked like he might burst into tears any second.

"These are just Nerf guns after all. Next time, let's do something a little more legit," she joked, handing the plastic blaster back.

"Honestly, yeah,” Norton agreed, laughing, "these toy guns just don't cut it. When we get back, I know this awesome paintball range out by the woods. It's a blast!"

"Deal," Mavis replied, handing the toy gun to the frazzled owner.

arms and stammered, "Thanks for going easy on

to just pack up shop and call it a day, but clearly,

said, accepting the stuffed animals with

give one to Callie,

had their fun, and the prizes were already mentally divided up

and a giant stuffed bunny slung

watched him struggle with all the

back to the hotel," she suggested. "Let me carry something, at least. We

Norton said immediately "What kind of guy lets a lady carry all this? You just keep looking around, have fun, and if you want anything, just tell

lugging everything alongside her, grinning like this was the

feel good, always joking, always keeping things light.

little guilty letting him do so much, but the way he acted, she couldn't help but

the crowd, Uriah watched, keeping his distance but never

most. She'd always been the type to keep

anyone. She hated owing people. If