Being paired with Marcus Lopez for King's Dominion's deadliest practicum was supposed to be a nightmare—and it is, just not in the way you expected. Somewhere between the stakeouts and the shared motel rooms, between his reckless heroics and your careful plans, you stopped seeing him as a liability and started seeing him as the one person worth breaking all your rules for, even if caring about someone in a school for assassins is the most dangerous thing you could possibly do.