~CHAPTER SIXTEEN~
The bouncers in the club, moving through the crowd with quiet efficiency, confiscating every single phone that dared record. In an instant, every witness becomes invisible. No evidence. No leaks.
I swallow hard, the adrenaline and unease coiling tighter in my chest. Cassie is laughing nervously beside me, still shaken but trying to act nonchalant.
I nudge her lightly. “We should leave. Now.”
She follows my gaze, understanding instantly. “Yeah… yeah, I get it,” she mutters, her eyes wide as she glances around.
We slip through the crowd, the music still pounding in our ears. I feel the stranger’s presence from before lingering in my skin, the heat of what could have been mingling with the fear that runs deeper than I want to admit.
The club that felt good moments ago
