"Children!?" I gasp, "who else is out?" I peer back over my shoulder at my mom as I head down the stairs.

"None of your business," mom says, very lofty, giving me a secretive smirk. "I'm not going to rat on my own children, after all."

"Is it Rafe!?" I ask, eager and a little scandalized, glancing back at Jackson too, who listens with interest.

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"It was Rafe," Jackson murmurs to me with a wink, pressing a hand to the small of my back as we get to the bottom of the stairs and mom walks ahead. "Your mom put me in his room, like she put Daphne in yours, but he snuck out even before I did."

"Rafe," I sigh, shaking my head. "God, I wonder where he went..."

I look up at Jackson curiously, wondering if he knows.

But, dead serious, Jackson just shakes his head at me. "Even if I knew," he says, his voice low with the gravity of his charge, "I wouldn't tell. I have been sworn to secrecy, and I take my charge quite seriously."

mates aren't supposed to have secrets from each other, but he just laughs like that's quite rich coming

laugh too, realizing that he's

into my room, and cast my eyes over Daphne, I see that she's wearing a little pair

little tighter than I think they need to be

into bed, pulling my blankets up with a contented sigh, and

however, the moment she wakes up. "Sooo," she says, still groggy, waking up and rubbing her eye

for a second at her gall, but I snap it shut

grin at her. I perch my chin on my

drops but then she bursts into laughter and flops back on her pillow, covering her face. "Wait, how

her head in complete

dropping her hands and smiling at me. "We sat on the counter and

you kiss?" I ask, eager,

that. It was just..." she sighs and covers her face

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