Page 354 of End Game

Three dots appear immediately.

Dex

that is the least sexy answer possible

Cami

It was not supposed to be sexy.

Dex

you went to a building full of rope with multiple doms, a tattoo artist, a billionaire, and two hot women

i reject the premise

Micah pulls out his own phone.

Micah

I learned more than Ronan.

I turn toward him.

He puts the phone away.

Cami laughs hard enough she nearly trips.

Another message appears.

Dex

OH MY GOD

is he okay?

I put my phone back in my pocket.

“I am not responding.”

Cami is still laughing.

Micah looks entirely too pleased with himself.

And despite Dex being hundreds of miles away, the three of us suddenly feel a little less incomplete.

I can tolerate being a beginner—for now.

Especially because I know what comes next.

Practice.

More questions.

Another lesson.

Then another.

And eventually, if I put rope on someone I love, I will know enough to remember the thing Theo made clearest today.