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"The us, you know The me, you understand But I was Amber at one point"

"No You weren’t"

"Sara--"

"I saw you tied up in Mark’s club, screa to be beaten harder I knoho you are I knohere you’ve been I get it and I get you I’h Orfor a way out"

I trace her jawline with ers "I don’t want out, and I don’t want you out" I lower my forehead to hers "I just needed--"

I’m cut off by an explosion of voices and co that makes me jerk back "Why do I know that involves Aers with Sara’s "Co in her heels "Aren’t I supposed to be avoiding her?"

"I’ you on the side of a sex club, in the dark, by yourself" Shouts lift in the air and I think I recognize one of the voices "Fuck I’m pretty sure that was Tristan"

We race around the corner to discover that utter chaos has erupted in front of the club Two door Tristan’s ar away "Oh no," Saraby herself"

I hand Sara my phone "Call Rey We need backup"

A loud crash sounds, and smoke rises into the air near the exit onto the road "Ain to pour out of the building, scattering everywhere and see to multiply The crush is too extre evacuated That , and damn it to hell, Isabel is in the stocks--but I have to e of the road, I can see that the Impala had pulled in front of another car and taken a hit to the front right panel S from the hood and the driver is still inside The second car seeed and a man climbs out; he seems to be okay

Tristan appears bytoward the driver’s side door I quickly follow, not sure how Tristan’s going to react if this is Amber and she’s hurt He jerks open the door, and almost instantly a bloodied Amber throws her arms around his neck I let out a breath--she’s conscious and ainst the car at the unexpected stirring of old memories I was five when ency vehicles into shake it off, I move to the other car and check on the driver, but by the tiency vehicle and two police cars have appeared

Eency personnel circle Amber and the other driver, and Sara appears byhard "Is she okay?"

"Bleeding fro around What happened at the building?"

"Froet Isabel set free Tristan told me she freaked out when she saw that Isabel was still in the stock when they were leaving The minute he stepped outside with her, she flipped out and told the staff he was kidnapping her"