Daphne.
Daphne, the gorgeous, clever, talented, funny redhead my brother is dating. The girl he’s absolutely going to have to break up with the moment his mate comes on the scene.
I lift my hand and press my face miserably against it. God, how could I have been so callous, so unthinking to make a joke about his future mate? When he’s been so, so nice and considerate to me this entire time?
God, I’m such a jerk.
“Ari?”
I drop my hand when I hear Daphne’s sleepy voice and tuck my emotions away. I don’t need to make her day miserable too, after all.
“Hey, Daph,” I whisper with a sigh as I push the door shut behind me. “Go back to sleep, I didn’t mean to wake you –“
But Daphne gasps, her eyes flying open, and sits up straight in the bed, shaking her head to clear it.
I go stark stil
