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I gently lift the spoon to my mouth. When the liquid hits my tongue, my eyes widen in surprise. “Fuck me. That’s good. What did you say happened to these onions?”
Briony laughs. “Caramelized. It’s when…”
She stops.
Her eyes lock on something behind me, and I turn.
It’s Will... and Kelly. I turn back to Briony, whose face is deadly pale.
“Briony? Are you…”
“What’s up, Ev?” Will says.
I cringe as my friend comes up and smacks me on the shoulder. “Hey, man.”
“Hey there. Oh, and who is this? Briony? What the hell are you doing here?”
“Having lunch,” she practically whispers.
Whispers.
This girl who yelled at me not twenty-four hours ago looks like she’s been kicked by steel-toed boots.
And she’s looking at Will like he had the feet that did it.
Anger ripples through me. “Briony and I helped some new pack members move in.”
Will curls his lip in a sneer. “Should have known it was work-related. Briony is literally all work and no play. Hasn’t had fun once in her life, right, Briony?”
“How about you shut the fuck up, man?”
Will looks at me.
Kelly looks at me.
But Briony is the only person who I care about.
I turn to Will. “You guys are broken up. Why do you have to say mean shit like that?”
“I…” he stutters. “You know what she did to me.”
“Do I?”
The question lingers between us. Will’s face does something strange. It turns a color of purple that I associate with bruised peaches. He looks at me with narrowed, cruel eyes.
“You calling me a liar?”
“I’m just saying. No need to kick her when she’s down.”
“Oh, because you want to do it?”
Briony looks like she’d rather crawl into a hole than continue this conversation. Abruptly, I stand. “Briony, I think we need to get back to the foxes. Let’s go.”
She follows.
When we get to the van, Briony shuts the door. She looks at me, then back out the window. “Take me home,” she whispers.
I do.
