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“She’s a smart girl, Rhys,” She says, giving me a pointed look. “If you’re who she wants, she’ll realize it soon enough.” She runs up to Rogue and smacks a kiss on his lips. His hand comes out to wrap around her waist as they walk out, leaving me alone in the kitchen with my anger, jealousy, and need to strangle Thayer’s soon to be ex-boyfriend.
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Thayer
Thayer walked into the house thirty minutes ago and has been looking for me since.
She’s not doing it overtly, no she’s much more subtle about it, but I can tell she’s wondering where I am.
She turns her head away mid-conversations, pretending to just look out across the room when in fact she’s discreetly scoping out where I could be.
I’m folding into the crowd and shadows, watching her from afar. The need I have for her is converting to violence in my body with every time I have to hold back from touching her and it’s better I stay away and limit our interactions before I do something stupid.
I don’t know why the need to mark her is so strong, but I’m so drunk with the thought that it makes my head spin.
Being able to touch her is no longer enough, I need to be able to brand her. This ceaseless push and pull between us makes every interaction feel like we’re at extremes. Like we’re stretching the boundaries past breaking point and we’re both waiting for the inevitable explosion, hovering between deciding to duck for cover and watching everything burn.
Except Thayer is ducking for cover every time, no matter how much I’ve tried to push her towards the fire.
Fuck this.
I need a break to clear my head.
This party seemed like a good idea a few hours ago, now I want to send everyone home so I can hit the bag until my knuckles are bloody.
There’s so much anger and violence in my body and I’m itching for a fight, any fight, to purge myself of these feelings.
Better to stay away and avoid that Armageddon.
I head towards the stairs, stealthily maneuvering between people so she doesn’t see me as I exit. Taking them two at a time, I avoid a few people’s attempts at conversation and head into the gaming room, slamming the door shut behind me.
Except it doesn’t slam shut or even make a noise as it closes.
I turn and see Thayer standing in the doorway.
“Are you hiding from me?” She jokes, but I can tell there’s a measure of seriousness in her tone.
I turn towards the TV, grabbing the remote as I keep my back to her. “Leave.”
She comes around to stand in front of me, a frown furrowing her brow as she looks at me, confused. “What’s wrong?”
“I told you to leave.” I say, pointing the remote at the TV.
She grabs it out of my hand and throws it on the couch next to us, her face red as she does so.
“What the hell’s wrong with you? What happened in the last few hours that turned you into an asshole?”
“Leave.” I repeat, baring my teeth. “We both know your boyfriend wouldn’t like you being alone in this room with me.”
She looks even more confused now. “Since when do you care about that?”
I snap.
My hand flies out and grips her throat, using it to pull her closer to me. “You think I give a fuck what you have with him?”
“Mackley–” She says, hesitantly, her hands coming to rest on mine where it clutches her throat.
