To Raven, it felt incredibly funny—and incredibly appropriate—that her first date with Kade was a farce.

The limo pulled up in front of the massive colonnades of the city’s major fine arts museum. Raven focused in, trying not to think about Brandon and their promised date from whole days and lifetimes ago. This was too important to be distracted. Or bitter.

Kade was stiffly upright on the bench beside her, elbow resting against the headrest beside him. His eyes ...