WrenI feel it before I understand what it is.One second I'm standing where I'm supposed to stand, back against the wall in the kitchen hallway with the rest of the catering staff, watching some rich guy get engaged through a gap in the doorway because Briar wanted to see the dress. The next second there's a burn under my ribs so bad I almost drop the tray I'm still holding."Ow," I say out loud, stupid, because that's the best my brain can come up with."You okay?" Briar's next to me, elbow against mine. She doesn't look at me yet, still watching the ballroom, still chewing gum like nothing's wrong."Something hurts,” I say. "Something hurts," she repeats, flat, like I said something dumb. Then she actually looks at me, and her face changes fast. "Wren. You're white as a sheet."I don't answer her because I can't. The burn's spreading now, up into my chest, up into my throat, and under the pain there's this pull, this yank, like a fishhook caught right behind my sternum and somethi
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