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to get
her to go out with him, he would arrest him for disorderly conduct or
something.
    Kristen, trying to get
back on Rowan’s good side says, “Rowan, Tyler is heading this way. Do you want
me to deflect him for you? I really don’t mind — I mean, the guy is fine.”
    Rowan glares at Kristen
and says in her sweetest voice, “Kristen, he is only looking for a piece of
ass, so if you want to, um what was the word you used? Oh yes,
deflect
him — by all means go ahead.”
Kristen, realizing once again that she has failed Rowan, walks away from the
group without turning back.
    As Tyler approaches,
Rowan notices a sleek white Mercedes pull up to the curb, completely out of
place in this town. Before Tyler can say anything, Rowan turns her back on him
and looks for both her brother and sister. Kaiden makes eye contact with Rowan
immediately and breaks away from his group just a little bit. Chloe, in the
middle of a conversation, stops abruptly, stands up and moves away from her
friends to make eye contact with both Rowan and Kaiden.
    When the three
occupants slide out of the car, the hairs on Rowan’s, Kaiden’s, and Chloe’s
arms raise. Instinctively, they break completely away from their friends and
come together. The energy is electric and all three Alexanders are shocked that
other people don’t seem to notice it.
    The first person to get
out of the car is a tall blonde girl with green eyes. She is wearing all black
except for her jewelry, all expensive looking, in various shades of green. She takes
in her surroundings and then makes eye contact with Kaiden. Kaiden can’t help but
smile at the girl, who smiles sweetly back at him.
    The second person to
step out of the vehicle is a tall boy with jet-black hair and eyes to match. He
is wearing dark blue jeans and a tight black shirt that shows how much time he
spends working out. He doesn’t bother taking in the surroundings and zeroes in
on Rowan. She gasps and the usually perfect Rowan staggers a little under his
scrutiny. For the first time in a long time, Rowan wonders how she looks to
someone else.
    Finally, the third
person steps out of the car. Looking slightly disheveled with brown hair and piercing
blue eyes hidden behind glasses, wearing khaki shorts and a plaid shirt, he
looks around and settles his gaze on Chloe. Chloe feels her heart pound harder in
her chest and an unusual fluttering in her stomach that reminds her of the
butterflies that flit around the flowers in the garden. It feels as though time
has stood still until the door of the Mercedes slams shut, bringing everyone
back to their senses.
    Although it seems like
time stood still, in reality, only a few moments has passed. As everyone else
gets back to whatever it was they were doing, it seems as if only the six of
them have connected. Rowan is the first to acknowledge what happened, “Did
anyone else feel that?” she whispers to her brother and sister. They both
acknowledge her question with a nod. “What the hell is goin ’
on?” Kaiden asks.
    Brianna, Xavier, and Cian
Silvan know all about the Alexander triplets. They have spent the last three
months learning the ins and outs of the town and more specifically, learning
about Peter, Marcus, Liam, and the triplets. They were not, however, prepared
for the intensity of the three’s gaze when they first laid eyes on them. How
appropriate that they would be together, front and center, in front of the
school upon their arrival on the first day of school. Most surprising is that
they were standing together. Their Aunt Selene told them that the Alexander
triplets never spend much time together, each being so very different from one
another, especially at school where they stick with their own groups of
friends, their own cliques.
    It’s not that they
expected it to be easy to come between them, but they did not expect the trio
to put up such a strong front on the first day. Brianna nudges Cian
and says, “How come no one told me how cute