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go.”
    It was hard to take her eyes off her ex, who stood there doing a tonsil check on another girl, especially since Cara knew the kiss was more to hurt her than out of any real affection.
    â€œHe is an ass,” Duncan muttered as he guided Cara off the rocks and back toward the grass, out of sight of Luke and his friends. Cara curled into his arm, not really caring where Duncan took her, just that he got her away.
    â€œHe was showing off,” she muttered.
    â€œErgo, an ass,” Duncan replied. When they’d walked out of line of sight of the beach, he paused and turned her to look at him.
    â€œYou don’t need that kind of ego in your life.”
    She snorted. “I’d rather have an ego than have nothing,” she whispered. All the pain she’d been trying to get passed—hell, that she thought she was passed—bubbled to the surface.
    Dammit.
    She hated being like this. She hated being so wishy-washy and whiny. She wanted to kick her own ass.
    â€œNo. No, you’re not allowed to think that way.” He tipped her chin up, his finger warm against her skin. “You will find that person who’s destined to be with you. He’s out there. I promise.”
    â€œOh yeah? When? When I’m old and crotchety?” Cara pulled away.
    Duncan sighed. “You’ll find him when you’re supposed to.”
    â€œAgain—when?” Cara put her hands on her hips. “I swear, every damn person around me is happy and in love and getting married and all that crap. And here I am, stuck. I can’t find anyone who wants to be with me, I can’t even leave this damn island! I’m stuck here!” She dropped to the ground and started to cry, the emotions such a jumble.
    It wasn’t even that much over Luke. It was over, well, everything. The tears fell and she didn’t bother wiping them away. She fisted the grass and pulled it up by the roots, making a dark patch on the ground.
    At least for a few seconds.
    Then Avalon’s magic started and the grass grew back in just a moment.
    If only it was that simple…
    â€œSee, everything comes back,” Duncan said as he sat next to her.
    â€œI don’t know that I want him to come back,” Cara muttered, not looking at Duncan. She couldn’t help but feel the warmth of his close proximity, and she liked it. Made her feel at least a little bit better.
    â€œHe’s not,” Duncan said.
    â€œAnd how do you know?”
    â€œHe would have come back by now.” He leaned into her a little, his shoulder brushing hers.
    She snorted. “I appreciate you trying to make me feel better. It’s just frustrating. Especially when I thought I was fine, that I’d gotten past this. And now it’s just bringing up more and more emotions, more and more reasons to just want to run away and leave the island, but I can’t. I’m stuck here. And I know everyone here and I can’t leave, so I’ll never find anyone to be with. Ever. Because I’m stuck here.” She groaned and pounded her fists on the grass again.
    â€œYou will too, I promise.”
    â€œYou sound like my mother. Shut up.”
    He sighed as he pulled out his wand. “Here.” He took her hand.
    â€œWhat are you doing?”
    â€œI’m reading your palm,” he said, as though it was the most obvious thing in the world.
    Not obvious to her, but anyway…
    He tapped the tip of his wand against her palm. Shivers ran through Cara as the green magic glistened on her skin, making her flesh look incredibly white.
    â€œOh wow, it tickles,” Cara said as Duncan put away his wand.
    He took her hand in both of his, and Cara marveled for a moment how much larger his were than hers. His thumbs ran over her skin. The delicate caress gave Cara a shiver, and not the tickly kind.
    Her cheeks warmed, and while she wanted to look away, she remained mesmerized by his hand stroking