Everyone cheered.Remi laughed.
Skye had smoke coming out of her ears.
Literally.
Remi jogged over and touched her shoulder.She rounded on him, and her eyes flashed red.
“Wanna cool it, Lilith?You’re smoking up.”He waved his fingers around his own ears.
Skye blinked several times until her eyes turned back to their normal golden brown and the smoke dissipated.Ignoring Remi, she turned back to Liam.“Why?What in the Devil’s name made you do that?”
Liam rubbed the back of his neck.“Okay, so I was balls deep in this girl, right?”
“Jesus Christ,” Skye said, pinching the bridge of her nose.
“—and her boyfriend or something walks in.He was fucking huge, and I knew that if I stuck around, I’d probably getbothmy arms andlegssnapped, so because I’m so dedicated to the band, I jumped out the window.”He opened his palms and shrugged, grinning.“It’s all for the band, Skye.”
Remi laughed.Not sure what was more entertaining.The story or Skye’s distress.
Skye sighed.Without her glower leveled at him, Remi noticed she looked a little tired.Her skin seemed paler.Her brash and tough exterior almost appeared dinged up.
He pressed his lips together.What did he care?She was ruining his life.He was glad she was stressed.
“Relax, Skye!Here, let me get you a xanny or something,” Liam said.“I just have to find—”
“I can help with that,” a woman said.She wore a tight red dress and a sultry smile.Her long blonde hair hung in loose curls around her shoulders.Remi vaguely recognized her from the VIP meet-and-greet group.She held Remi’s gaze.“I’m sure I’ve got anything you’re looking for.”
The corner of Remi’s mouth quirked.He stepped next to her and slipped his arm around her waist, turning slightly so Skye would have full view of it.
“Hi, baby.I’m Remi.”He reached out his free hand and clasped hers.She was short and petite with big blue eyes.Her left hand had a dainty diamond bracelet that screamed wealth.
“I know who you are,” she said, grinning and wrapping her delicate fingers around his.“Jillian Kennedy.”Her eyes twinkled.“Want to come to my den?”
“Oh, yes,” Remi said.“I certainly do.”
“I’m coming too!”Liam said, bouncing up and down behind them.Remi didn’t look back, but he could feel that Skye was following them.To keep them out of trouble?Piss on their party?He didn’t know.Didn’t care.
Jillian led them through the lavish house.It might have been even bigger and more opulent than the one the label had set them up in.She punched in a code on a door on the second floor, opening it to reveal a huge four-poster bed and a carpet so plush that Remi’s combat boots sunk in like mud as he crossed through.With a swish of her hips, Jillian sashayed to the desk and opened several drawers in a row.
“I’ve got percs, Xanax, Adderall, coke, and weed, of course.”She pointed to each pill bottle and baggie.“There are a couple of other benzos in the back, but I’m out of K.Alcohol is downstairs on the counter.I could probably call someone for dope, but it’d take an hour to get here.”
“Wow.Did you rob a pharmacy or something?”Liam said.He started grabbing the pill bottles and inspecting them.
She laughed, a light and airy sound.“This isn’t my stuff.This isn’t my house.You never saw any of this.I was never here,” she said and winked at Liam.
Liam’s eyes were wide as he nodded.“Yes, ma’am.”He pulled out a tiny pouch of white powder.“How much?”
She gave a number, and then lowered it because she loved our show tonight.
“Skye,” Liam whipped around and patted her arm like a kid begging his mom for candy.“Pay the nice lady so I can get fucked up.”
Skye sighed.
“How about a freebie?”Jillian asked.She doled out a couple of lines on the desk.
Liam clapped his hands and got out his wallet to retrieve a bill.He rolled it and bent over the desk.
While both of their backs were turned, Skye walked up next to Remi.He was a little distracted by the way her bare arm brushed against his that he almost missed the flicker of flames bursting in her hand and cash appearing at the same time the flames vanished.
