Chapter 32Lucien put his fist on the bar. “Another one.”
“Hear, hear!” Kailey knocked back her drink then asked for another with a slurred voice. When she knocked back her shot alongside him, her brow furrowed. “You look so sad for someone who just had a night for them. Are you really so sad you lost?”
“No,” he said, and meant it. He ordered another beer. He could still taste Violet on his tongue. He wanted to cherish it, to frame it and keep it forever, as much as he wanted to destroy it. He continued to order and drink, instead. Kailey finally put a hand over his when he’d gotten his fourth.
“You need to chill.” She sounded instantly sober. “Are you sure you’re okay?”
He nodded. “Just preparing for the inevitable.”
“And what’s that? Another protest? Another fan baby that says she wa
