Hardin: I didn't want to be here, the music hitting my ear drums wasn't pleasing, the air was thick with the smell of alcohol, people pressing against each other in the dimly lit corner. The sound of their drunken laughter, the neon bulb shining on their face, it wasn't something I wanted. “Oh, come on Hardin, it's going to be worth it,” Aston had dragged me here and it wasn't worth it. I was going to tell him, and leave the party but since he had gone inside, I had to go find him. My muscles went stiff and my legs went numb as her scent hit my nostrils, it was warm and sweet, nothing like vanilla or honey, it was something richer than that. The scent alone sent wildfire through my veins, I had forgotten about her She came to the party? How did she get invited? I searched with my

