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I look at her. “He’s not dead.”
“Obviously,” Maz says.
“I guess some families are more powerful than others,” I say.
“That’s how it goes,” Birdie says.
“I just need a breather,” I say. I take a few steps and pause. I look at Birdie.“From the size of Archer’s dick…”
“I knew it!” Birdie yells.
“You don’t know a thing,” Maz says. “Why don’t you go smell the sheets?”
“Okay,” Birdie says.
She rushes to the bedroom as I shake my head.
“You know, I want to be grossed out,” I say. “But it’s nice to see her normal.”
“Agreed,” Maz says.
“She did okay at the party or…?”
“It got to be a little too much,” Maz says. “Music, people, you know? She had a drink, then decided to go outside. Then it got a little boring. So we decided to leave. Quinn kept an eye on her too. I assume that was from Cullen. And from you.”
“Not from me,” I say. “But Cullen does care. A lot.”
“And Archer doesn’t,” Maz says.
“I don’t know what I’m thinking or doing here, Maz. But I like it. A lot. I like the danger of it all.”
“Just remember who you are,” Maz says. “You’re Jaci fucking Ruby. You’re anHeir.”
I nod.
I agree.
And in that moment I feel totally invincible.
Ishower and put on fresh clothes.
But I wear the same hoodie that Archer had taken off me.
I open my nightstand drawer and grab azaza.
Tonight I’m going to go for a walk as I get high and I’m going to smell the cold air and the dead leaves and look at the moon and watch the stars.
I’m going to let things be as simple as that for right now.
Because starting tomorrow I have to figure out who I am.
Or who my family is.
There’s got to be a way to do this without Archer actually killing me.
And even then… I have Cullen.
If that starts some family war, then… I just hope my family is powerful enough to step in and be there for me.
