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Ada is tall—andin heels—but she barely meets him eye to eye. His man-bun adds an extra two inches he doesn’t need.
“And?”
He’s a behemoth of a guy, with a large, square jaw and broad shoulders. I have no way of knowing if he was at the party all night, but if I was to judge from the state of his clothes, I’d say he just got out of the shower and put them on. His green-blue jacket sets off the olive tone of his skin and his dark eyes and hair in a way that suggests it was carefully selected for exactly that purpose.
Ada tilts her head like she’s dealing with an infuriating toddler. “And… she needs a place to stay.” She clicks her fingers in the direction of the rest of the Royals. “We’ve got room.”
I have no idea what’s going on with the power dynamic of this group. At a glance, I’d say Liam was the alpha dog of the pack, but the fact that he’s not kicking Ada to the curb right now is mind boggling.
Unless…
“They’re engaged?” I whisper to Kat, burning with curiosity.
“Yeah, but it’s arranged,” she says, not bothering to lower her voice.
Liam turns his eyes on me. It’s a startling intense gaze, but it doesn’t hold a flame to Scary Fuck. “And you are?” Now he sounds just as bored as Ada.
“Kat’s roommate,” his fiancée offers. “And they’re staying with us until the dorm rooms are fixed.” She pushes out her chin, as if daring Liam to defy her, but he’s still looking at me. His eyes narrow, and he opens his mouth, but Ada speaks before he can. “She’s from the city.” She says it like it’s an instruction to end the conversation, and then turns and struts away.
“Sure you want to do this?” the guy with the curly hair asks, his gaze cutting over to me. “Someone will have to share a room if—”
“Then move out,” Liam growls, turning to face Wilder. “Problem solved.”
“Evie!” It’s only then that I realize Kat followed Ada, abandoning me with the Royals. I swallow hard. “Thank you,” I manage, heat springing onto my cheeks. “It’s… very kind of you.”
Will smiles back, but the others look like they’re already planning my staged suicide.
This was a horrible idea. What was Kat thinking?
“That doesn’t sound like us,” a voice behind me rumbles. “We’re not kind.”
Every muscle in my body locks up. My breath whooshes out of my lungs so fast, I’m left dizzy.
How did he find me?
Panic floods me with waves of hot and cold. Even my fingertips start tingling.
Scary Fuck brushes my hair away from my neck and runs a knuckle down the top of my spine. “I told you I’d find you.”
“Owen, this is Evie,” Sterling says. “She’s Kat’s roommate. They’re staying with us for a while.”
I still can’t breathe, my body seemingly frozen in place.
“Thatiskind of us,” Owen says. His voice nestles its way deep inside of me, turning a switch that pumps me full of adrenalin. But I just stand there, torn between running and fighting. He winds a lock of my hair around his finger, and uses it to turn me around to face him. “Evie.”
His tongue caresses my name like someone licking Nutella off a spoon. It’s the first time I’m seeing him without his mask, and the sight of him sends a throb of hedonistic urgency through my entire body. Is this what cavewomen back in the day felt like when they looked at the finest specimen in their tribe? Because despite the warning signals sounding in my rational mind, all I want is for this guy to fist my hair and drag me off to his cave. Or the closest bathroom stall.
I thought Liam was a behemoth, but I forgot just howbigOwen was. I guess the freaky mask he’d had on last night threw everything out of proportion.
And if there’s one thing he’s got, it’s perfect proportions. Broad shoulders, a narrow waist, muscular thighs.
Then he smiles, and it’s like I’m falling forward without moving. When a dimple appears in his cheek, I can’t remember why I was so terrified of him.
He rakes his storm-gray eyes down my body as if he can see beneath the thick, fleecy fabric of my clothing. “I look forward to seeing more of you, Evie.”
Oh, God, I think I just came a little!
“Noob!” Kat’s voice jerks me out of whatever spell Owen cast.
