Swans of Atlantis (Matt and Kat series Book 2)

I love Matt.

He means the world to me.

So how do I tell him she’s killing him?

He looks at me now, grinning. I want to reach over and push away the strands of gold hair that have fallen into his face.

As soon as I start to, though, she does it for me. Always fixing. Always a step ahead of me.

That’s when he starts coughing. It rattles his whole body. She and I reach for him at the same time, but as he grabs for me, she pulls him in.

And as soon as she does, I see it:

He’s been hiding something from me.

Even now, he’s turning away, guilt on his face. Even as he’s hacking, he’s desperately trying to hide this awful secret.

Then I catch *her* watching me.

And her expression changes everything.