"There are different types of friends."
Emily nodded.
"Wait, what?" Holly kept glancing between all of us. Her hand tightened on Adam. "What’s going on? Davy?"
Adam looked everywhere and anywhere, just not as us.
"Oh look. It's almost time for you to go in." Kates pointed behind them. When Holly saw the bouncer motioning towards them, she swallowed and then came to a decision. "You can come in with us."
"What? No. That's okay." I shook my head.
"I mean it. The line's really long and they have a limit. Come on. Come in with us."
"What the hell." Kates broke free and led us forward. Holly seemed uncertain, but then nodded before jumping forward. She motioned to the big guy in black. "They're with us."
When the bouncer's cold eyes passed over us, he paused on me and then nodded. "Sure."
A shiver went down my spine. I felt like he had looked inside of me. As I passed through, I looked back over my shoulder. He was still watching me, but Kates grasped my hand and dragged me the rest of the way. When the door closed she whispered in my ear, "He's one of Lucan's. Don't draw any more attention. He knows me, not you. Let's keep it that way."
I nodded and then was distracted when Adam stopped beside me. When I looked into his eyes, I was shocked. The Adam I knew had been happy and carefree. He had liked me before, but now he feared me.
The old Adam was gone. I had been a part of that.
I didn't say anything. He didn't say anything either, but his eyes went to Kates again. No matter what he'd told the police before, he knew what she had done. I went inside of him and felt how he blamed her for Shelly's death. That's when I knew that no matter how much time he took off, he'd never be over the past.
"Let's get something to drink." Kates gestured towards the bar and then grabbed Brown and Emily. She pulled them around groups and weaved through until they were on the other side of the club. I followed at a more sedate pace, but I couldn't shake the look from Adam's eyes. He watched us go as Holly stood silent beside him. She had a hand over her mouth, but she didn't stop us. When we found an empty table, I saw the relief in Kates' eyes. I wondered why, but then she plopped her purse on the table and took out her clutch. "I'll buy. Save my seat."
Emily scooted onto a high-top stool. "Is this going to be a repeat of the last time all three of us went out? I still don't quite remember what happened that night."
I gritted my teeth and realized that no one had explained she'd been love-bitten by Bennett. But that had been when she hadn't known about vampi
res and werewolves. Now she knew about werewolves, which reminded me. "How’d you handle it when Pete told you he was a werewolf?"
Emily blinked. She didn’t look surprised at the question. "I thought he was nuts at first. And I ran away from him, but then he changed in front of me. I had to believe it after that."
"He changed in front of you? He could control the werewolf?"
She nodded. "It's a part of him. He can change whenever he wants. It's very exciting at times."
"You're okay dating a werewolf?"
"You're okay dating Lucas?" Emily shot back with a hard look in her eyes.
It made me pause. Did he know what he was?
She added, "We never talked about him before you disappeared."
We hadn’t. "This is awkward."
Brown scooted off her stool. "I'm going to the bathroom."
Now it was just me and Ems, and there so many lies I had told her.
I cleared my throat. Emily had a guarded look in her eyes, but she stared right back. So I started, "I met Roane—"
"You call him Roane."
"That's his last name."