“Toryfrowned at his backpack on the floor and the way he kept it within easy reach."What's in that backpack, by the way? You're always guarding it like itholds national security secrets or something.""Dirtyunderwear."Sherolled her eyes. "Thanks so much for that image.""Youasked.”

“What’s in that backpack, by the way? You’re always guarding it like it holds national security secrets or something. (Tory)Dirty underwear. (Acheron)”

“Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous.”

“I didn’t realize I was frozen in place until a classmate shouldered into me, knocking my heavy backpack from my shoulder. “’Scuse me,” hegrumbled, his tone more Get out of the way than Sorry I ran into you.As I bent to retrieve my backpack, praying Kennedy and his fangirl hadn’t seen me, a hand grasped the strap and swung the pack up fromthe floor. I straightened and looked into clear gray-blue eyes. “Chivalry isn’t really dead, you know.”

“So he really liked her.I'd been harboring this secret fantasy that he was only pretending to like her so that he could publicly dump her in the most embarrasing way possible, perferably on national television.”

“I'd been harboring this secret fantasy that he was only pretending to like her so that he could publicly dump her in the most embarrassing way possible, preferably on national television.”