The next thing I knew, the shadows were gone and the presence that consumed me was letting up.
The light of reality flooded back in and the surrounding conversations resumed. It was as if Malachi hadn't just been pressed against me. It was as if no one had seen him but me.
Trying to make light of the situation so that Eli wouldn’t pry more, I attempted to change the subject once the shots that Jane ordered arrived. I put in an order for a burger and that was the only reason I accepted the shot of tequila from Jane at all.
“To finally dragging this one out of that bookstore.” Jane raised her glass to the group of us and I blushed as everyone turned their attention to me. Smiling back, I clinked my shot glass against hers and downed the burning liquid in one swig.
Thankfully, after a few
