- Blake West:
I followed Spencer, Maddox's girlfriend into the kitchen, trying not to overthink the way Maddox had been staring at Zade when we left. She was easy to talk to, the kind of person who made the silence feel comfortable. She asked if I wanted to help, and before I knew it, we were rinsing fruit and tossing it into the blender, laughing when she accidentally squirted orange juice across the counter. She was beautiful in a calm, unassuming way — not intimidating, not fake, just… nice. Someone you felt safe around, like the kind of friend you could spill secrets to and she wouldn't breathe a word.
