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“Nah,” Billy O’Reilly said. “We’re playing Truth or Dare. You spin the bottle to see who you get to dare.”

Oh. Phew.That sounded loads better. The game was definitely already in full swing. Because there were a few people missing clothes and a couple making out on one of the logs.

“This is so much better than what I had planned,” Sophie whispered to me. She turned toward Billy. “Love it. Can I go?”

Billy shrugged.

Sophie spun the bottle. It went round and round and round.

I sat down on the empty log. Jacob sat down on one side of me and Axel sat down on the other.

The bottle slowed down until it finally landed on Ezra. One of the guys on my list that now, fortunately, only had ten guys left on it.

Sophie glanced at me and smiled before turning back to Ezra.

Oh no.What was she about to do?

“Truth or dare?” she asked.

He took a sip of his beer. “Truth.”

“Perfect,” Sophie said. “Have you ever received saucy photos via text from a redhead?”

My eyes grew round. That was way too specific!

“No?” he said.

“Why did you answer that like it was a question?” Sophie asked.

Ezra laughed. “Because it was weirdly specific. The answer is no.”

Okay, that had actually worked really well. My list was officially down to nine.

“Great, can I go again?” Sophie asked.

“That’s not really how it works...” Ezra started.

But Sophie had already spun the bottle. It landed on some girl I didn’t know. Sophie grabbed the bottle and tilted it a bit to the right.

The girl looked like she was about to protest.

But Sophie was already firing off her question for...Jack. Another guy on my list.

“Have you ever sent texts from an unknown number to a girl you had a crush on?”

I leaned forward, trying to see his reaction through the smoke coming from the bonfire.

Jack frowned. “No. Why would someone do that?”

“To keep their identity a secret,” Sophie said casually, like it happened all the time.

“You didn’t even ask me truth or dare,” Jack said.

“Oops.” Sophie spun the bottle again. “Let’s try this again.”

“What is Sophie doing?” Jacob whispered in my ear.

“No idea,” I said. But my voice came out squeaky and weird. Sophie had turned Truth or Dare into an interrogation of sorts. And it was kind of working. My list was down to eight now. If I could keep narrowing it down without kissing anyone else, that would be a major win.