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They’d already opened, and the place was beginning to fill Ten and Asher wereto take orders while Noel and Mason worked the bar But when Mason spotted me, he sent me a jerky nod

"Yeah, you should probably work back here tonight" He hurried out froit safest to keep me as far away from the customers as possible Public safety and all that

Noel was a lot more brusque and cold than he’d been before my office scene as he directedat first My dyslexia would barely letwas color coordinated

Usually he popped over to tellbefore I could even ask, which also made it harder for me to fuck up But I think I surprised hi ht without his interference

By the tih the speakers and this energy thru free, not having a warden breathing downdown a tray full of e red where I’d jacked hirined to discover I’d hit him on the scarred side of his face

He rubbed his jaw as I cleared his tray for hi the used s in the tray to be washed

"Shit, man," he said "You really do have one hell of a hit None of these other douchebags ever leftafter they hit me"

"And trust lasses to the tray

"You had theof all, Gamble," Ten called after hi, he turned back to h I’d already said sorry in Pick’s office But I held ue

He didn’t seem to mindin prison, because shit I’ all that fighting to stay alive

"Well, you should take it to a ring I’d definitely put money on you"

After he wandered away, I considered what he’d said At first, I was deliciously tes But then I shuddered, thinking that feeding ression had to be bad Not that it ed beyond repair Maybe I could use my ability to hit--since it seemed to be my only talent--to oing to find out I was around I had no idea how she’d react, but I was pretty sure she’d eventually want a face-to-face I dreaded it as ain As long as I was gone before she tried for soh, I’d never have to worry about it

A pair of tipsy girls slid up to the bar and ordered so it into the ather the stray cubes

I wasn’t down there five seconds, before I was interrupted

"Hey, Noel," a voice called cheerfully froetshort when I looked up, startled by the contact Piercing blue eyes widened and familiar lips parted in shock

I froze, unable to breathe, unable to blink, unable to think

With her perfect face wreathed in ringlets of red hair, Felicity Bainbridge gaped at htly "You’re not Noel"

Unable to look away, I rose on unsteady feet Air finally seesawed through ed at all, except to grow a fe curves Otherwise,in front of o on vacation

Wrinkling her nose, she de since left , and crushing disappoinththe one person I’d shared more intinize