He looks up, meeting my eyes. Blue flames dance in his.
Fire, fire, licks and burns…
Consume me, piece and peace.
Chapter 21
Isaac
My mood is soured as Trevor and I return to our table with fresh waters.
Thenerveof that guy.
“Do you want to dance again?” Trevor asks, probably trying to offer me a distraction.
“No,” I tell him, pushing him toward a chair and then claiming the spot on his lap.
His lips twitch. “Feeling a little protective, are we?”
“It’s just different, you know? Someone touching you when you allow it and…that.”
He soothes a hand down my back. “I know.”
I glance toward the dance floor, finding Lumi and Todd after a minute. Lumi is dancing with some random guy, but she’s angled such that she can keep an eye on Todd. Todd is waving his arms in the air like an upside-down jellyfish.
I snort, my eyes catching on Camden at the edge of the room. And is that…Bernie he’s pressing against the wall, kissing within an inch of his life? I blink, and they’re gone, lost to the crowd.
No…
They’re not…together, right? That had to have been a trick of the light.
I give my head a shake before reaching for my water and swallowing down half of it.
“All right?” Trevor asks.
“Yeah. Yep. You know, if Lumi had seen that guy at the bar trying to inappropriately latch on to you like a leech, he would have had a stiletto up his ass.”
Trevor snorts. “I don’t doubt it. You guys look out for each other, don’t you? All three of you.”
“Yeah,” I breathe. “They’re like the siblings I never had. Lumi… She’s honest. Good or bad, she doesn’t lie to me. And I need that in my life. Someone who’s going to give it to me straight, but who’s just as fierce when it comes to watching my back. She’s always there for me. Pushing me out of my comfort zone when I need it and following on my heels to make sure I’m all right.”
“And Todd?”
“He’s a stupidly good guy,” I answer around a laugh. “Like, he can’t boil an egg, and his people skills are hit or miss, but he wants to cure cancer, and he sees more than most give him credit for. He has a memory like a vault, and I think, sometimes, he needs to let it all go. All the heaviness of the world. When that happens, he knows he has Lumi or me to keep an eye on him until he’s ready to come back to earth.”
“Um,” Trevor says, just as Lumi comes to a skidding halt beside our table.
“I lost Todd,” she says frantically. “We were dancing, and I looked away forone second, just one, and he was gone.”
“He’s right there,” Trevor says, pointing toward the door where Todd is currently making his escape.
“Shit,” I mutter, jumping off Trevor’s lap. “He’s pulling a runner.”
Lumi and I both dash for the door. I don’t look back, but I’m more than certain Trevor is following us. The air is cool outside, the distinct dampening of sound a shock to my system after being in the loud club for so long. I look both ways down the sidewalk before spotting Todd.
“Todd!” I yell, tripping over my own foot as I take off after him. “You get your ass back here.”
“I want waffles,” he shouts, not even looking back.
