However, when I was on my fifth glass, the world had already begun to tilt. My head floated and the heat of the alcohol made me feel bold, almost invincible. Kai ordered a round of special cocktails.
"Come on, Maren, one more for old times' sake" Kai said, sliding a glass of a bright blue liquid toward me.
I smiled, wanting to completely forget Thorne's rejection and wrap myself in alcohol once more. "Cheers" I said.
I took the glass with clumsy fingers and brought it to the edge of my lips, but something stopped me. Even though my vision was a mess, I noticed the liquid bubbling strangely. It wasn't the effervescent bubbling of champagne; it was a chemical reaction, small and dense, at the bottom of the glass.
I blinked, trying to focus. "What... what is in this?" I stammered, my tong
