PEYTON I jolt awake, feeling something wet splash on my face, my body—everywhere. My eyes fly open, but everything is blurry, the ceiling swirling above me. And then I see a face—scrunch up like a thundercloud about to burst. "Odin, what the hell?" I snap, trying to push myself up, but my limbs feel like lead. "What the hell, huh? What hell? Is that—is that—" "Just stop stammering, you fool!" I cut him off, clutching my head. It throbs, a dull, insistent ache behind my eyes. "I thought I made myself clear: be home before midnight! But no, you came back looking like a messy, wet rag that someone dragged out of a gutter!" Odin is talking, and believe me, I don't know who the hell he's talking to. He is hovering over me with a jug in his hand, still in his boxers, chest bare. While me—I think I'm lying on the couch. Wait a second, I'm home? How? I sit up, scanning the whole place. "Odin, what am I doing here? Did you..." I pause and look down at my body. I'm still in
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