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"I already knew that" He paused "Obviously Because I just said that"

Irritation chipped away at the unease and confusion Luxen or not, I didn’t knoho in the hell this guy thought he was He was rude, and I was not going to sit here and let soain?"

That half smile spread an inch "My name is Luc"

Was his name supposed to hold the answers to the universe? "And?"

"And I want to knohy you’re here"

Frustration pricked at ?"

"So like that" He kicked a booted foot up onto the square glass table in front of him as he leaned toward me The distance between us evaporated His eyesto be blunt with you"

I barked out a harsh laugh "You haven’t been blunt already?"

He ignored that comment and didn’t look away, not once "You shouldn’t be here Like, of all the places for you to be, this is the last place Isn’t that right, Grayson?"

"Beyond right," answered the blond Luxen

War in a sharp breath, I willedfor reasons it shouldn’t It didn’t uy before and probably would never see hi soood Ever

No as I letting hiet the better of oing to allow hiaze, I summoned a little of my mom--scary mom "I didn’t realize I needed your permission to be here, Luc"

"Well," he drawled, his broad shoulders tensing, "now you do"

I drew back "Are you serious?" A shocked laugh escaped me "You don’t own this place You’re just sonorant "You’re just so his head back, he chuckled deeply "Now, I know that’s not what you were about to say or what you’re really thinking" His fingers tapped along the back of the couch, and I wanted to reach over and smack my hand down on them "Tell me what I really alanced over at the dance floor, unable to see Heidi, since it appeared the crowd had tripled all of a sudden Da out withto do with you"

"Everything has to do with h, but when he didn’t, I realized I’d officiallyon this planet

"By the way, you’re not hanging out with your friend Like I pointed out earlier, you were standing by the dance floorjust standing there, all by yourself" His eerie eyes tracked over my face with such intensity that the tips of my ears started to burn "Is that what you nor out with your friend? Stand by yourself, drinking water?"

My mouth moved, but there were no words He was absolutely theI’d ever met

The one side of his lips tipped up even farther "You’re not even old enough to be in here"

I illing to bet he wasn’t either "I’ burly friend checked my ID and let me in Ask him"

Luc’s chest rose deeply The breadth of his shoulders stretched the worn gray cotton His shirt read NO DRAMA LLAMA That shirt was a lie This boy was all about the drama llama "Let me see your ID"

I scowled "No"

"Why not?"

"Because you’re so to show you e was etched into every striking feature "Or maybe you don’t want to show me your ID because it proves you’re not twenty-one"