Lightning fast, I hold up my cup right when he hits my fist, smashing it to a pulp, meeting my open palm instead. It doesn’t hurt, doesn’t even make me flinch, and I hold on tight despite his attempts to pull away.
“What do you think you’re doing?”
“Get out of my fucking way, Apollo,” Silas grits.
“I don’t think I will,” I reply. “I’m not going to let you hurt Grey.”
“Why do you fucking care? You don’t even know him.”
“Because Aspen asked me to. That’s why.”
Everyone looks at me like that’s strange.
“What?” Ivy mutters. “When?”
“None of your business,” I reply.
I’m not about to tell these Skull and Serpent fuckers what kind of dirty deal I made with the sister of their leader.
“What the f—” Silas grits, pulling back his fist.
“Unhand Grey.” I glare into his eyes. “Now.”
Silas’s nose twitches, but he still lets go, and I do too.
“Let’s not let this get out of hand,” Max says.
“It’s already out of hand,” Silas grits back, pulling his fist back as he focuses on Max. “Are you on their side now?”
“No, no,” Max mutters.
Heath focuses on me. “You got anything to do with this?”
“Who, me?” I muse. “Fancy seeing you here. Don’t remember inviting any of you. You damaged the house.”
“I don’t fucking care. Where is my sister?” Silas growls.
But when he spots Levi sneaking off into the crowd, his eyes flicker with absolute hatred.
Oh shit.
Off he goes, like a light switch got flipped, and all that’s left is destruction.
The gun in his hand is pointed right at my fucking cousin.
Not on my fucking watch.
Aspen
I boltout of the door and rush down the stairs, but stop midway when I spot Silas with a gun pointed right at Levi.
Oh God.
People are in the way, so Silas can’t kill him without hitting other people, which is probably the only thing stopping him from firing that goddamn gun.
Everyone on the dance floor is screaming as a massive exodus is on the way. People are rushing to the exit, flooding the hallway. From the top of the stairs, I spot Grey trying to talk sense into Heath and Max, while Apollo storms through the crowd of Skull and Serpent Society members, ramming his head intotheir chests like he’s a goddamn bull on a mission, searching for something … Orsomeone.
“You thought I came alone?” Silas roars.
