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Never ending.
Always screaming when I see red.
I taught you better than that...
Damon had it worse than me, his rage seared into every muscle and etched on every bone.
I have to shake myself from the memory before I forget where I am and tear this fucking room apart.
“Why do you even care?” I ask instead of trashing Mason’s face for his dig at Emily.
“I don’t. I just want to get this shit over with so I can leave.”
The son of a bitch has a bone to pick when it comes to her. Hell if I know why.
“You sure? Because you always have something to say about it.”
He gives me the finger and goes back to downing the bottle of whiskey.
Clenching my eyes shut, I rub at the skin between them. Shane is staring at me when I open them again, his brow cocked in question.
Among all the Inferno, Shane knows Damon and me best. He tends to be the third side to our triangle, a bastard that loves to cause trouble.
Shane must have been born for chaos. It’s the only place where he feels comfortable.
“Calm down, children. Another couple of hours and we can all get back to our lives.”
Gabe takes a seat and lets his head fall back, his fingers moving to slowly turn the glass he’s holding in circles over the armrest of his chair.
The room goes silent, all of us frustrated and annoyed. My thoughts race back to Emily, to how good she looked in that damn black dress.
It’ll be my funeral...my mother can fuck off if she thinks I’ll wear anything else.
Smiling at the memory, my jaw clenches, and my teeth grind to remember what happened a week after that night.
Sometimes I wonder if Damon can peek into my thoughts. His elbow nudges my side, his head rolling over the backrest so our eyes lock.
“I saw Paul Rollings downstairs.”
My shoulders tense at the mention of that asshole’s name.
“Avoid him. This isn’t the place to remind him we still have a score to settle.”
Not with Emily here.
Not where she could see it.
Not again.
Damon chuckles.
“Fucker tucked tail real fast after seeing me standing there. I’m surprised he came. He had to know we’d be here.”
Thankfully, Shane already told me he’d be all over it if Paul showed up. It’s just one more game among the many.
At this point, I’m finding it extremely hard to stay still.
I’m pissed at Mason.
