Selena’s POVThe room went dead.Just one second ago, the basement was very alive. Everyone’s laughter was bouncing off the walls. The movie was blasting. And the snacks were crunching as if it was background music. The next?Nothing.Silence dropped like a curtain.Ava froze with a chip halfway to her mouth. Brian slowly lowered his drink like it might explode. Nia blinked, looking around like she expected the ceiling to cave in.“…Okay,” Nia said carefully. “What was that?”No one answered.Everyone acted like they didn’t know. But out of everyone, three of us in the room knew exactly what was going on. Me.Cullen.Ava.The lights steadied again, pretending they’d done nothing. Innocent. Normal.Liar.My wrist still burned under my sleeve. Not painful—just awake. Alert. Like something had tapped me on the shoulder and said pay attention.And I just stayed calm. I was trying not to let anyone notice it. Cullen moved fast.“Uh—yeah,” he said, forcing an easy grin that fooled absol
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