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For the first time in my immortal life, I actually envy the bitten.
Chapter 10
ROSLYN
“I don’t like being touched,” I tell the asshole who keeps putting his hand on my hips, trying to dance with me even though I’ve made it clear I don’t want to dance with him.
Jenny is the worst “friend” ever. She ditched me and left with that Alex guy that came back for something he forgot—the guy who was with the huge beast of a man who made the weird crack about the queen’s circle. Now I’ve been down here for way too long without anyone.
I glance toward the door when I peel the jerk’s hand off me again, and I debate running out of it. Then I see a girl with short black hair walk in with a dark-haired guy close behind her. She sniffs the air, looking like a damn dog, and then her gaze lands on me.
Weird. Freaky weird.
Oddly enough, she seems pissed when she sees me once again trying to escape the clingy grasp of the jerk who just doesn’t understand the word no.
“One dance,” he slurs.
I try to move away from him, but he clutches me tighter. If I get pissed enough to pass out, this could end badly for me. I don’t trust this creep around my incapacitated body.
“Get your fucking hands off her,” a girl’s voice growls.
I look up to see the dark-haired girl—the sniffer—in front of me. The guy backs away, seeming a little scared of her. Frankly, so am I. She’s not that big, but she has wild eyes and an I-fucking-dare-you sort of attitude she emits without effort.
Her eyes settle back on me, and I really don’t like the look.
“You’re Roslyn,” she says, surprising me as Mr. Annoying finds a new girl to maul. “Thad’s girlfriend?”
I clear my throat, trying to talk over the music, but finding it to be a little harder to do than she did. “We’re just talking about dating,” I say lamely, and I inwardly cringe at how stupid I sound.
She rolls her eyes, looking behind her at something, then turns her focus back to me.
“It’s not safe for you to be here. Come on. I’ll take you home. You should stay away from Thad. Trust me.”
What the hell?
“No offense, but I don’t even know you. And I’m a little creeped out that you seem to know me. Jealous ex?” Yeah, I’m stupid. This girl could hit me, I’d get pissed, I’d pass out, and she could kill me. Why am I picking a fight exactly?
Her lips twitch; she looks more amused than pissed.
“Sorry. I’m Amy. I’m a friend of Thad’s. Well, sort of. We work together. Right now, I’m the only one here who is looking out for you. I know you because he pretty much explained how you look, and I smell him all over you. He might as well have pissed a circle around you.”
The hell is she talking about?
“Umm… I’ll just stay. Thad is—”
“Right here.”
His voice elicits chills all over me, and I feel him before I see him. His arms wrap around my waist, drawing me back, and I immediately relax against his touch. He really does smell good.
“Problem, Amy?” Thad asks her, sounding more bored than irritated, yet his hands on me grip a little tighter.
Amy glares at him, and I decide I really don’t like her. I wish I could kick her ass without passing out. Fairly sure I’d lose badass points for fainting during a fight.
“Just talking to your girlfriend. This really isn’t a good place for her.”
It really isn’t any of her business.
Calm down, Roslyn. Calm down.
