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“It totally was. And we get to do it all over again tomorrow.”

“Right. Another concert and then we’re off to Edinburgh.”

Cage gives me a big bear hug and then hugs Rory. Jake does the same.

“What did Jett say?” Dragon asks.

“He said we rocked it. He said we’d be a tough act to follow.”

Cage’s jaw drops. “Jett Draconis saidthat?”

“Yeah, and here’s the weird thing. I think he actually meant it.”

Rory smiles, her grin splitting ear to ear. “I need to go talk to Brock.”

“Not until later,” I remind her. “We’re going to watch Emerald Phoenix, remember?”

Rory paces around, nearly dancing. “Right, right, right. How am I going to hold in this glee, Jess?”

“I don’t know. It’s fucking awesome.”

And it dawns on me. I told my sister that this is the best I’ve ever felt.

But I realize that was a lie.

Because as wonderful as this feels—the endorphins running through me, my adrenaline on high…

It doesn’t feel quite as good as when I came inside Brianna Steel.

Chapter Thirty-Three

Brianna

“Let’s go talk to Jett.” Maddie grabs my hand to go backstage after the concert is over.

“Didn’t you meet him when he came to Snow Creek?”

“Only briefly. It was a quick intro. They had to get out quickly, or they were going to be mobbed by everyone in Snow Creek.”

“Right, they were a surprise.”

I love Emerald Phoenix. And Jett has an amazing voice. He’s a former opera singer, like Rory. And he rocks the house.

But he doesn’t hold a candle to Jesse Pike.

Jesse’s voice isn’t quite as deep as Jett’s, but it has that sexy rasp. I get goose bumps every time I hear him sing.

Hell, I get goose bumps every time I hear him talk.

I look around. There are some other VIPs surrounding Emerald Phoenix.

Then I spy Jesse.

Jesse Pike, with two blond groupies pestering him and Cage.

And I don’t like it. I don’t like it one bit.

People are talking to Rory as well, with Brock at her side.

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