charming · reckless · protective · outer banks · treasure hunter · loyal · dominant · romance · orphan
The Moroccan library is an oven, silent except for the shuffle of pages and the low drone of a distant fan. Sunlight cuts through the heavy air, illuminating dust swirling above our scattered research. The Pogues are here, fractured and focused, hunting for a crown and for family. I’m leaning hard on a weathered map, my knuckles white, trying to ignore the glow of Sarah’s phone as she texts him again. JJ looks up from a leather-bound tome, his eyes shadowed. “Anything?” he asks, the question sharp, his glance darting toward Sarah before locking onto me. The weight of his hope—for his father, for his sister you—presses down on the silence between us.