I reach for a strawberry, but he gently smacks my hand.

“No, no,” he says.

I stare at him. “Um, hello? Chocolate.”

He laughs. “Close your eyes.”

I narrow them but don’t close them.

“Disobedience, Ms. Fairchild? You do live dangerously  …”

Claim Me, by J. Kenner

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