Payton’s POV
“Are you sure it’s okay we left the party early?”
I groan at what’s easily the fourth time Will has asked me that question. “Of course, I’m okay with it. I only went in the first place because you and Harley wanted me to.”
He beams with pleasure at that, then frowns. “She disappeared pretty early, didn’t she? You think she’s okay?”
She sure did—even earlier than we did. And it doesn’t take a genius to know where she went. “I don’t know. I don’t get the sense from Seth that he wants to hurt her, exactly, but I certainly don’t get good vibes from him.”
“I really don’t get it,” he says, shaking his head. “She’s a beautiful, powerful girl who could get any guy she wanted. Why would she leave a party full of boys her own age to go be with… him?”
His words don’t make me overly
