Chapter 104

They had nodded their confirmation and then we had left.

Now, we’re forty–five minutes out of the city, heading away from the stables and towards the beach. I can already smell the salt on the air. I love the beach–I always have, despite my lily–white skin and my tendency to burn as red as a lobster. There’s just

something about the beach that just calls to me.

We pull up to the indicated spot and Daniel puts a hand on my

arm when I eagerly reach for the door, indicating that I should wait

a moment before getting out of the car. I pause, then, watching the guards climb out of the front seat and the car behind us,

sweeping the area in order to make sure that we’re secure.

When we get the nod from them, Daniel and I climb out and I look around, studying the scene.

Thad expected, really, to be taken to a beach house – my father, I’ve heard, owns several. But, instead, we’re at a private beach far away from any buildings. It’s just us and the sea, and it’s really very, very beautiful.

There are plenty of people milling around some I recognize as family members whom I had met at the party. Others, though, are

completely foreign to me.

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One man in particular catches my eye. He’s young – perhaps my age, or just a little older than me. He has tanned skin and

what is really

all black and white,

distance – that each tattoo was

and finely done.

he turns and looks directly at

instead looks almost…unsurprised. That I might

him. As I continue to look, he smirks a little and raises his

beer to me.

makeš me realize that I am

this guy.

of course, makes

Daniel, then, trying to cover up my discomfort by

at my side. “Ready?” I ask.

“Into the lion’s

walk forward onto the

forward. He’s dressed in swim

a Hawaiian–print shirt,

a big, Italian man – I haven’t seen

less than an Armani suit yet, so such

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forward and gives me

a word about the uninvited guest. “Welcome,” he says,

a drink! Make

and hard drinks. I select a can of spiked lemonade while Daniel

coke.

mouth to say more when Romulus runs up to us. “Hi Fay!” he says, waving to me, apparently genuinely excited to see me. I lean down to greet him, excited as well.

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