EVELESSA “I hate this place.”“You say that like you weren’t the one who dragged me here.”“I didn’t drag you,” Aretha shoots back. “I invited you.”“That wasn’t an invitation,” Alexis mutters beside me, eyeing the flashing lights like they personally offended her. “That was a threat disguised as enthusiasm.”I don’t say anything.I just stand there in the middle of the nightclub.Lights flickering.Music pounding.Bodies moving.Energy thick.And I feel it.Eyes.So many eyes.Watching.Drawn not just to me but to what I carry.To what I’ve become.“You’re quiet,” Aretha says, leaning closer so I can hear her over the music.“I’m thinking.”“That’s never good,” Alexis cuts in dryly.“For other people,” I correct.Aretha snorts.“Fair.”“You feel it too, don’t you?” she asks.I glance at her.She already knows the answer.“Yes.”Alexis exhales slowly.“Great. So we’re surrounded by drunk humans and something else watching us.”“Relax,” Aretha says.“I am relaxed,” Alexis replies.“Th
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