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“So,” Libby said sagely, “chess.” “Chess,” I repeated. “The move—it’s called the Queen’s Gambit. Whoever’s playing white puts that second pawn in a position to be sacrificed, which is why it’s considered a gambit.” “Why would you sacrifice a piece?” Libby asked. I thought about billionaire Tobias Hawthorne, about Toby, about Jameson, Grayson, Xander, and Nash. “To take control of the board,” I said.”
― The Final Gambit
― The Final Gambit
“Like, even in fiction, friends to lovers? Never my thing. I'm more star-crossed tragedy, supernatural soul mates, enemies to lovers. Epic, you know?”
― The Final Gambit
― The Final Gambit
“She loved him. It hurt to love him,
and she loved him anyway.He left her, and she
loved him anyway.”
― The Hawthorne Legacy
and she loved him anyway.He left her, and she
loved him anyway.”
― The Hawthorne Legacy
“Even in the darkest of times, Xander was Xander. "You're going to drop one of those on your foot," I said. "That's okay," Xander responded cheerfully. "I have two feet!”
― The Final Gambit
― The Final Gambit
“Everything hurts.” Only Grayson Hawthorne could say that and still sound utterly bulletproof. “It hurts all the time, Avery, but I know the man I was raised to be.”
― The Final Gambit
― The Final Gambit
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