Chapter 26

Sara’s POV When we get to the party, it’s well underway. There’s a huge bonfire around which about twenty kids are sitting. More are milling around the huge clearing, most with drinks in their hands. There’s music. I can’t see where it’s coming from. Kai heads directly to the drinks, and I go with him. We haven’t been here five seconds yet and I can already feel tens of eyes on us. When Kai gets to the keg, he is welcomed by a girl who smiles warmly at him and passes him a beer cup. He takes it, and her smile brightens…only to drop two seconds later when he turns and hands it to me. The girl pins me with a glare. I ignore it and take a sip of the beer. Her glare turns into an outright scowl when after getting another drink, Kai turns to me, takes my hand, and leads me away. I pull my hand from his grip. He looks down at me. “Shy?” If that’s what it takes to get through this party without risking death by glaring, then yes. I’m super shy. “Who was that girl with Christian?” I’ve been dy