But I should have known that it doesn't take that long for change to happen - it takes a second.

Oh.' I shot upright. 'I was in Mongolia.' Note to self: learn to be a less extreme liar.

There are some secrets we keep because we can't bear to let them out and some because it's better to keep them in.

But I should have known that it doesn't take that long for change to happen - it takes a second.

Boys! Are they always this impossible? Do they always say cryptic, indecipherable things? (Note to self: work with Liz to adapt her boy-to-English translator into a more mobile form—like maybe a watch or necklace.)

And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they need to be.

Even though Cammie is fluent in fourteen languages and capable of killing a man seven different ways with her bare hands, she has no idea what to do when she meets an ordinary boy who thinks she's an ordinary girl.