I stumble to right myself on my feet, catching Toya in my peripheral vision, realizing that someone dared to touch me, but two men immediately block her as they crowd in around me, like they're about to witness something cool. Stopping her from rescuing me. Eve is bristling up behind me, making the air grow thin and static crackles.
She doesn’t like people pushing me around either, as she's the only one who gets to do that.
“That’s not how it works…I can’t…” I don’t even get the chance to finish refusing when I'm thrust forcefully toward Dev and face-splat him in the chest like some clumsy i***t. Getting a mouthful of t-shirt and aftershave and an overly warm face smack on his left peck. He doesn’t even try to catch me as I slide down him a little, like a slug on a wet window, before lat
