" Don’t worry, this isn’t what your role in the finale is going to be. This is just for fun.”

I seriously questioned their idea of a good time. Swinging from a tiny little bar more than twenty feet in the air seemed like certain death. How she managed it in beaded costumes with long trains was either a miracle or magic or both.

Sebastián swung over from his side of the practice room, legs over the bar and arms extended outward, a wide grin on his face. As if he weren’t already talented enough with his contortions, now he was doing them in the sky. “Easy, see? All you have to do is let go.”

“You’re all mad,” I muttered under my breath. “Absolutely mad. "

― Kerri Maniscalco , Escaping from Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper, #3)