Page 254 of Sky’s Edge

“When they get together, they’re just such…” She struggled to find a word, then found it. “Dudes.”

I laughed again.

“Though, allow me to assure you,” she went on. “Tanyn is less dude than the other two.”

His life had been more serious, more severe, so that wasn’t a surprise.

In fact, as insane as it was, I sort of wished he felt free to be more dude-like.

Occasionally.

“You don’t have to entertain me,” she said, regaining my focus. “I can fend for myself, and I know you have to mingle.”

“I’ve been mingling for three hours, not to mention, I’m going to have a lifetime of mingling,” I reminded her. “And the way you and Uly are, with who Uly is to Tanyn, it seems I might have a lifetime of you too.”

Black started seeping into her eyes, and I was glad to see it. It meant she felt the same about Uly as he did about her.

“So right now, my priority is you,” I concluded.

“That was…incredibly kind,” she replied, deep feeling behind her words.

“I’m not just a pretty face in a fantastic dress,” I quipped.

She smiled.

Suddenly, I felt a strange sensation gliding up the back of my neck.

It wasn’t pleasant.

It was so unpleasant, the red started to encroach in my vision.

I turned and scanned the crowd.

Beings were talking, drinking, and in the next room, they were dancing.

Some of the beings there, I knew (obviously). Others I’d met that night. Even others, I’d seen pics of somewhere along the way. And the last of them I simply didn’t know.

But no one was paying me any mind.

I found Tanyn and did another scan to see if this feeling was about someone watching or approaching him.

He was speaking with King Niall’s brother and his wife, and there didn’t seem to be anyone who was paying him undue attention either.

He also didn’t appear to be more alert, like he felt what I felt.

I located Aleksei and Laura, then Gayle and Mac, and Aleece and Bain.

All good.

However, when I found Monique, she was making her way across the room with purpose.

Though, she was heading toward the ladies’ lounge, so perhaps she had some business to attend to.

In other words, everyone seemed normal.

So why was I still experiencing that sensation?

“Are you all right?” Estra asked.