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What is she doing here? I expected to see her with her friends, but instead she’s talking to an unfamiliar girl with pixie features and pigtails, a girl in a long overcoat, in spite of the heat coming off the asphalt. She has that coat open, showing something to Sydney.
The guy still holding my elbow—I’d forgotten about him for a second—hisses a curse under his breath, and yanks me backward.
What’s going on here? All those little bags hanging from the inside of the pixie girl’s coat... Oh God. Are those drugs?
I open my mouth to call for Syd, and his other hand presses over my mouth, stopping me.
“Come on,” Fen whispers in my ear, lifting his hand, and his scent hits me again, spicy and mouthwatering. “We’re going back inside.” He hauls me up the two steps and back into the club before I can formulate any objection. “Now.”
“Wait. What are you doing?”
“Saving your ass.” He’s still hauling me deeper into the club, his grip like a vise. “You don’t wanna be a witness to a drug deal, trust me. Stay the fuck away from that girl.”
“I can’t.”
“Steer clear of any of—” He stops so suddenly I almost fall and faces me. “What? Why can’t you?”
I swallow hard. “She’s my bestie.”
We’ve stopped near the long expanse of the bar. The guy’s looking at me, and I stare at his face. God, he’s so hot. His mouth is pursed in annoyance, his eyes narrowed, and he’s gorgeous.
That expression... it reminds me of someone I used to know, and that feeling of recognition hits me again.
“She’s bad news,” he says, and jabs a finger in the direction we came from. “You’d stay away from her if you had any fucking sense.”
Or maybe I’m mistaking annoyance for recognition? “Yeah? And what about your buddy? Talk about bad news.”
His mouth tightens more. “Stay away from that asshole, too.”
Someone is calling my name, and turning, I see Sydney. She’s waving at me, all bright smiles. Jeez. “All I’m saying is, you keep really bad company, so you’re one to talk.”
He shakes his head. “You don’t know shit. Seb is my goddamn brother.”
