Isla’s POV
The music began to fade out. My heart was beating so fast, my anxiety must have been in overdrive. I stepped back from Lucian.
I was grateful to be done with out dance. I couldn’t ignore how much the energy of the night was affecting me.
I also couldn’t ignore thinking about Adrian. The entire time I was dancing with Lucian I waited for an arm to tear us away. And then tear us both in half. But it never came.
My legs and arms felt like they were trembling slightly. My heart was racing. This was rage…but it wasn’t mine.
“Thank you for the dance, Lucian. I think I need to find somewhere to lay low until the night is over though.” I said in a hurry. I didn’t give him a chance to respond to me before I turned away.
Like lightening, I felt the heat of eyes str
