I set my drink on the ground and covered my face with my hands. “Did no one hear what I just said? s**t. And it’s my birthday…” I heard Dastien’s laugh through the bond. I peeked at him and his face was a perfect mask of serious. This isn’t funny. It’s extremely funny. “No. It’s humiliating.” Just think, this time next week, we’ll be getting ready for some Paul van Dyk. I grinned. Can’t wait. “Hey.” I kicked Axel’s foot. “We’re going to PvD next Saturday. If you wanna go, you’re gonna need tickets.” “Dastien warned me a while back. I guess I’m going to suffer through yet another night of Nintendo music for you.” Axel had always been my dancing partner, even if he didn’t like the music. Hitting the clubs had been my one release when we lived in LA. “Awesome. Thanks.” The tickets wer

