Vienne's PovThe pounding in my skull could not be overlooked. It started behind my eyes and spread like cracks through glass, sharp and relentless. Sunlight sliced through the half-open curtains of my bedroom, turning the silk sheets into something blinding. I groaned, pressing my face into the pillow that still smelled faintly of my own shampoo mixed with something else; clean soap and faint cologne that didn’t belong to me...My phone kept vibrating somewhere on the nightstand and it was not the gentle morning alarm I usually set. This was a constant, angry buzz, like some hive of bees had decided to attack at once.I forced one eye open. My eyes felt gritty, my tongue thick and dry. The events of yesterday swirled back into my memory in fragments: the courtyard, Ryan’s flat voice, Amelia’s smirk, the drive, the club, the neon lights, the strong hands that had kept me from falling.Damon Calloway.I sat up too fast. The room tilted. My stomach lurched, but I swallowed hard and rea
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