The Never Hour

Not many know about the magical land of Neveraj, with its talking tree nymphs, sprites with super-strength and lovely mermaids. Once a month, there is a single hour where The Window opens between Kensington and the jungle paradise that could rival a child's wondrous imagination. But you dare to fly through to the other side? Piper I must replenish the vanishing Pixie or I'll start aging again. Staying twenty-nine for the last few years has suited me quite well, thank you very much. I have absolutely no intention of returning to Kensington to "adult." The only solution is to complete the obstacles set up by my homeland by Neveraj. I've completed the first two challenges that mirrored fears from my past and present. But there's no chance in Abyss I'm competing a challenge that represents my future's fears. Which means I need to recruit a willing ... or unwilling contender... to compete for me. While they're visiting, it wouldn't hurt to play some games of seduction to pass the time. You can't blame a girl for wanting some fun in her life. One problem: the only available guy this month is Wyshawn Darl, the one soul who doesn't know the meaning of the word smile. Wyshawn Piper is torturing me. Month after month she returns at the same night, the thirteenth, and leaves with yet another date. I'm as invisible to her as a fly on a wall. It drives me mad that she continually flirts with anyone ... except me. Tonight, I plan to change that. No matter what, I'll be the one she takes home. Because her whimsical stories, fierce charisma and playful personality have hypnotized me entirely. She must be mine. One problem: she is set on ignoring my very existence.