THE POSSESSIVE BLOODLINE
I could feel her eyes on me, probably wondering why I bothered.
Truth was, I wasn’t sure either.
Rick eventually slumped back in the chair, mumbling to himself as his eyelids drooped. A few minutes later, the bottle slid from his hand and rolled under the railing, clinking against the gravel below.
“Guess that’s my cue,” I muttered, nudging his shoulder to make sure he wasn’t about to choke on his own tongue. He just groaned and turned his head away. Out cold.
The deck was quieter without his voice filling it. Just the crickets, the wind, and the faint hum of the city far below.
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