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A lot of the tile entity, standing shoulder to shoulder like a wall of power But right now, they looked distinctly separate Each of theh none of them looked happy Mason was the closest, and I saw his hands curl into a fists by his sides

Jesus Could they not let me have a moment of peace? One second of fun?

Not wanting to risk sootten to the party, I pulled away fro ended andanother drink I tracked the Princes out of the corner of my eye, but none of them followed me as I made my way across the laard my friends

Deterood tile-minded focus I’d used to study for my exams

I could be very good at so

when I set my mind to it

“Talia! Slon, girl” Two hours later, Leah laughed as I polished off my fourth whiskey and Coke, which had been a lot heavier on the whiskey than the Coke “How are you not shit-faced?”

I scoffed, pointing a slightly unsteady finger at her “Joke’s on you I aled as I leaned my head on Dan’s shoulder

He rolled his eyes at Maggie “She needs to be cut off before she hurts herself—or so was pretty wild”

I waved a hand “You guys wantedit Leave me alone”

Maggie sided with Dan, quirking an eyebrow at Leah “See what you did to her? You made her wild”

“I made her fun!” Leah crowed happily Then she pointed across the yard “Ooh, look! They’re getting in the pool Fuck, I wanna I don’t have a suit though”

My gaze tracked to where her finger was pointing, and a grin slowly tilted my lips

“Hey, you know the best way to make sure Adena doesn’t throwto Leah