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Walk the Edge Katie McGarry 15110K 2023-09-01

Breanna tilts her head in invitation and suddenly I’eous There’s an exotic beauty to her with that dark hair and tanned skin How have I missed her all these years?

I hesitate TearThat’s why she bolted from the club, e find ourselves on the back of Eli’s truck

Chevy’s last words ring in my head "Are you hurt?"

Her forehead furrows "What?"

"Chevy said you were bleeding"

Breanna

RAZOR’S TALKING, BUT the words aren’t registering I’ainst the bed of the truck, near ainst the material of my skirt Each slow circle sends a jolt of electricity frolorious feeling

He’s touching n of Terror, is on purpose touching ed betweentoward elic face is so close Beautifully close Close enough that seconds ago I was absolutely convinced he was going to kiss me

My body hums with expectation, with this secret uncontrollable desire I’ve been kissed before--at a party It was fresharavitational pull

"Breanna," Razor says in this deep voice that ru?"

My eyes snap toainst his chest My face flushes hot with the idea of what has transpired between us and somehow that brief moment was important and I didn’t fully appreciate any of it because ers delicately sweep across the area near my elbow "You peeled back the first thin layer, but it’s not too bad Bet it burns like a bitch"

It does, a little, but I’ with his caress "I’m fine I ran into the hen you popped out"

Razor keeps his hold onthe scrape, and he doesn’t talk We look at each other and it feels oddly coet used to this type of comfortable

But then the entire world shifts and nausea twists rab on to Razor’s wrists as an anchor

"The world’sfast"

"The alcohol’s taking over"

"I didn’t drink thatcar blinds h"

I continue to use hi off into this dizzying stor stops and I inhale twice before trying to salvage ain "I’m serious I only drank a little"

"So you’re a little drunk?"