~RAVEN~
The music pulsed like a living thing — heavy, hypnotic, crawling under my skin.
I’d been watching them all night.
Tessa, in her dress that shimmered under the lights. Ryder, towering beside her.
They looked like something out of a story... the golden couple everyone rooted for.
Except me.
Every time he smiled at her, something in my chest twisted. Every time his hand brushed hers, my blood boiled hotter.
He used to touch me like that. He used to say my name like it meant something.
Now? I was just another face in the crowd. A ghost in eyeliner.
But not for long.
I ran a finger along the rim of my glass, smiling to myself.
The plan was simple — stupidly simple. And soon, Ryder Bishop would remember what he’d forgotten. What he belonged to.
Cassie’s words echoed in my h
