RUSSIAN ROULETTE

Maya Howard is Sarah Cameron's best friend, meaning she's always in the middle of Kook life-figure-eight parties, hanging at the country club, and weekend boat days. She's not the type to get involved in drama, but she watches everything unfold with sharp eyes.

Sarah's Rule for Maya: Rafe is off-limits.
And Maya doesn't argue.

Rafe Cameron is reckless, arrogant, and a ticking time bomb. He spends his time partying with Topper and Kelce, blowing through his dad's money, and making a mess wherever he goes. Maya sees it firsthand-the fights, the drug use, the way Ward barely tolerates him anymore.

She should stay away.
And she does.
But there's something there. A subtle, slow-building tension that neither of them acknowledge.

Nothing obvious, nothing spoken. Just:
• The way Rafe's gaze lingers a second too long when she walks into a room.
• The way he always finds a way into her conversations, even when she's not talking to him.
• The way she feels him watching her when he thinks she isn't looking.

But Maya ignores it.
Because Rafe Cameron is trouble, and she doesn't do trouble.