“We can play that game too.” Breanna’s hand crept up my neck and into my hair. “We’re all trying to just put a pause on things for a while, right? Isn’t that the whole reason for the claimings? To shut things out until the morning?”
I swallowed, looking down at her lips. They were nothing like Gemma’s, and I hated it. What was Gemma doing right now? Was she watching this? Was she brewing in hatred for me? Would she push me away the next time I came close to her, because I would come close to her again. I would breathe her air again and put my hands on her body. I just hoped she was stronger than I was and would dismiss me like I deserved.
The music grew louder, and Breanna bit her lip with eager excitement. Shiner handed me another shot, and I took it, relishing in the way it burned through my veins. I skimmed my attention to Bain who was opposite of me, making sure I kept my back to Gemma, and I found him watching me suspiciously. We stayed locked on one another, refusing to look away. Bain and I were cut from the same cloth. Dominance was our first language, and neither one of us would submit to the other, which was exactly why we would be forced to work together in the end.
“Fuck yeah,” Brantley said, nodding his head at me. “That’s the Rebel I know.” I gave him a quick look, and I knew he sensed the question on the tip of my tongue. He scanned the crowd at my back before coming back to me. “She’s fine,” he mouthed, and my throat constricted. Breanna flipped around with my hands still on her hips and began rubbing her ass on my jeans. I hardly noticed, though, because I was too concerned with what was behind my back. Seeing Bain standing off to the side with someone else did nothing to ease my frustrations and concerns. I needed to see her for myself.
I needed to make eye contact with her.
Just once.
But when I tipped my head over, catching a glimpse of her black dress, my stomach plummeted to the floor. I zeroed in on the fucking idiot daring to touch her ass, and the hold on my rational thinking immediately loosened.
Breanna was shoved away, and I was seconds from plowing down any person that stood in my direct path, but just as soon as I turned around, the lights shut off.
I recognized a voice over the speaker that shouldn’t have been.