not the woman who had been a thorn in his side from day one . the parchment , covered in large , heavy letters , was also made from thin-scraped human skin . still , he dropped to his knees between her spread legs . she wound her arms around her middle . an unrestrained smile split my face . riley kept his voice even , calm . `` time to wake up , '' cassie said loudly . so i picked her up , but she said she was too drunk to go home and that her dad would freak . 