Cash led me to the far side of the club and down a hall to the doors at the end. “I’ll be right here,” he told me.
I gave him a nod and slipped inside, giggled as I peed because I couldn’t seem to stop.
I washed my hands, then fumbled back out and right into Cash’s waiting arms.
He murmured, “Need to get you home. Not sure I can take not being inside you for a second longer.”
He gripped my hand and hauled me back through the club.
I didn’t know what it was, but I stumbled a step.
Dread slicked my flesh.
A slow crawling of dread.
My breaths went short as I tried to figure out what had tripped me up.
Fear bubbling up from the depths, I peered into the riot of faces.
“What is it?” Cash was suddenly standing in front of me, his words hard.
“I…I don’t know.”
Every muscle in his body went rigid as he shifted to look behind him. Eyes like a predator’s that prowled through the crush.
He turned back to me. “Did you see something?”
I blinked. “No. I…I think maybe I’m just being paranoid.”
Worried I was going to lose something when I just found it.
Cash turned around to hunt again, standing like a fortress in front of me for the longest time, not caring about the strange looks we were getting.
Finally, he grabbed my hand. “Think we need to get out of here.”
I gave him a tight nod, and he hauled me to the sectioned-off area where our family still danced.
My mind nearly blipped out when I thought of them that way.
The magnitude of it almost more than I could receive.
“We’re gonna call it,” Cash grunted toward River.
Everyone’s heads snapped up, instantly aware that something was off.
River lowered his voice, his dark gaze sweeping the area before he demanded, “What’s going on?”
Cash barely shook his head. “We didn’t see anything, but Daisy got a strange feeling. I think we need to bail.”
“You want an escort?” Theo asked, aggression bunching the sinewy muscles in his body.
“No, I’ve got her. Just think we need to go.”
“It’s late anyway,” Raven said, far too bright.
I gave them all tight hugs, murmuring my appreciation and love, before Cash took my hand and pretty much dragged me through the mass and out the door.
His attention swept from side to side. Power undulating off him in waves. A strength unlike anything I’d witnessed before.
