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I’m standing alone, taking it all in, when I spot Crew alongside Neo. He’s no longer in his ski clothes and doesn’t have his board, which leads me to believe no one else knows he went down with me.
Neo is talking, but Crew is paying him little attention as he watches me over his shoulder. I lift a smile while he does the same. Neo is mid-sentence when Crew pats him on the shoulder and walks toward me.
“How’d it feel?” he asks, still grinning from ear to ear.
“Really good, actually. Ya know, you guys really need to step up your games if you wanna totally break someone.”
It’s a joke, and Crew knows it. Had it not been for him, I may not have gone down.
“I’ll let the guys know.” He lifts his chin. “You need a ride back to your room to change?”
“Uh. Yeah. That’d be great. Hey,” I say, “someone was on the slope after you veered off. A guy, maybe?”
Eyebrows raised, he says, “Maybe just a local?”
I shake my head. “I don’t think so. I think it washim. Whoever he is.”
“All right,” he rests a hand on my back, leading me, “let us handle this. You’ll be fine.”
Crew leads me to his snowmobile, which is in line with Jagger’s and Neo’s. We’re walking side by side when we pass the fire and my eyes catch Jagger’s soft ones. My feet keep moving, but my eyes fight to keep up as I watch him watching me. He takes a sip of his drink, peering at me over the rim of the glass.
“You coming?” Crew asks, and I realize I’ve stopped walking, his hand still on my back.
My head jerks around and I start walking again. “Yeah.”
One more glance at Jagger and he’s now engaged in a conversation with Hannah, who seems to be flirting with him.
Jealousy brews inside me and my stomach hardens. I don’t like this. Not one bit.
ChapterTwenty-Seven
CREW
Scar getsoff the sled as I lift my helmet over my head. Holding it in my lap, I take a deep breath. “It’s been quite a night.”
“And it seems it's just begun.” She shoots a thumb over her shoulder. “I’m gonna get changed and I guess I’ll see you back at the party?”
“Not so fast.” I swing my legs over and get up. “We had a deal. You’re not to be alone. I’ll come up with you and you’ll ride with me.”
“Still barking orders, I see.”
“One day you’ll thank me.”
“We’ll see about that.”
Her attitude makes me laugh while making me fucking crazy at the same time. “Just get your ass up those stairs so you can get ready.”
Once we’re in her room, I close the door and press my back to it, watching her while she takes off her coat and steps out of her snow bibs.
“What?” she asks, pulling her hoodie over her head and exposing the thin tank top underneath.
“Nothing. Just looking.”
She snorts. “Well, stop it.”
“How’d we get here, Scar? From friends, to enemies, to tormentors, to this?”
Her lips roll together and she sits down on her bed, hands pressed behind her. “This?”
