Crush by Tracy Wolff

Author:Tracy Wolff [Wolff, Tracy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Teen & Young Adult Coming of Age Fiction;Teen & Young Adult Dating & Sex Fiction;Teen & Young Adult Magical Realism Fiction;Teen & Young Adult Loners & Outcasts Fiction;Teen & Young Adult Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Romance eBooks;Teen & Young Adult Romance eBooks;Teen & Young Adult Social Issues eBooks;Crave by Tracy Wolff;Entangled Teen;YA Vampire Romance;YA PNR;YA Romance;Forbidden YA Romance;Young Adult Romance;New York Times Bestselling author;Ya Paranormal Series;Crush by Tracy Wolff;Crown by Tracy Wolff
ISBN: 9781682815786
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2020-07-19T19:12:03+00:00

64

Pardon My

Existential Crisis

There’s something in the way Jaxon talks about holding me back—or, in this case, not holding me back—that makes me nervous. I don’t know what it is, considering he’s never been anything but supportive, but it niggles at me for the rest of the afternoon as Flint and the others teach me Ludares’s rules and tactics.

Or, should I say, attempt to teach me, as every single person on the field has their own idea of the right way to play the game—which, I figure, should make for a really interesting team strategy.

“It’s all about the portals,” Xavier tells me at one point. “Sure, they’re going to screw you over sometimes, but you’ve got to use them. You hit the right one and you win the game, just like that.” He snaps his fingers to illustrate. “Plus, the crowd loves it!”

“The crowd also loves when you end up surrounded by the enemy and all alone as the ball burns the shit out of you,” Eden contradicts with a hard eye roll. “It’s about getting the ball down the field, Grace. You do that and they’ll love you, no matter what. And portals may be flashy, but a straight shot makes one hell of an impression, too.”

“For now,” my cousin tells me when we’re walking to our positions later in the afternoon, “the most important thing is that we work together and build a team. If we do that, the rest will come.”

“No mercy!” Flint tells Jaxon, Gwen, and me as we get into our last huddle of the day. Gwen joined up after her test, and I have to admit, I’m grateful to have a witch on our side now. Thoughts of Macy turning all of us to turtles have been dancing in my head for hours. “When it comes to Ludares, mercy is for weaklings. We’re going to go into these last plays and crush them into dust.”

“What if I don’t want to crush them into dust?” I ask, winking at Jaxon, who is rolling his eyes behind Flint’s back.

“Do it anyway,” Flint orders. “Just stomp those pretty gargoyle feet of yours all over them.”

Yeah. I don’t bother to tell him that’s not going to happen, but I’m pretty sure he can tell from my face. And from the fact that, by the end of that round, Eden stomps her Nikes all over him.

We play all day—turns out Flint charmed a few witches in the kitchen into making us a picnic lunch—and by the time it gets dark, I’m exhausted and limping more than a little. But I’m also feeling pretty good about my ability to fly a ball down the field, so I’m definitely calling it a win.

Jaxon walks Macy and me back to our room around nine, and I start to invite him in to watch a movie or something. But he’s looking a little worse for wear, the energy burst I gave him this morning having obviously worn off.

Because I know him and his ridiculous pride, I don’t offer to give him another boost.

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