The Art of Kissing by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jessica Sorensen

7

RAVEN

When I step back into the bar area, the fight has ended, but the place is a mess. Tables and chairs are broken, shattered glass covers the floor, and it’s pretty clear people have been thrown out since the place is down to about half the capacity it was before I was dragged back into the hallway.

Since I can’t see the guys anywhere, I head for the entrance with the card in my hand. I’m not sure what to do with it. Should I tell Jax and Hunter? I mean, I don’t have any reason not to except that the stranger told me not to.

By the time I step outside, I’m still unsure what I’m going to do. Or where I should even go to find Jax and Hunter. I don’t have a cell phone, which turns out to suck. And, to make things even more uneasy, the parking lot is filled with drunk people.

As a few guys glance at me, I quickly scan the parking lot for the car, trying to remember where we parked. When I spot it, relief washes over me. And Jax, Hunter, and Benton are standing by it, too. Benton is leaning against the car while texting someone; Hunter is near the front of his car, looking around; and Jax is pacing beside it with his arms crossed, probably freaking out.

I hurry over to them, ignoring a few catcalls in my direction. If I wasn’t in such a hurry, I’d tell them to go fuck themselves, but I just want to get the hell out of here.

While I’m powerwalking across the gravel, I hear a woman talking to a man about how Benny is a douche for kicking everyone out just because Joe decided to sucker punch Dick, who I’m assuming is some guy. Honestly, she could be referring to some guy’s junk. Who knows with this crowd?

“We need to get back inside,” Jax is saying to Hunter as I near them. He’s bursting with so much anxiety that I swear I can taste it in the air. I guess that’s better than tasting drunken people’s sweat, so … “She has to still be in there.”

“I know we do, but the fucking bouncer is being a prick …” Hunter trails off as he spots me. So much relief consumes his features that I almost feel like I’m drowning in it for a moment. Then he’s rushing toward me, taking long strides.

“What the hell happened?”

All right, Raven, it’s decision time.

Do I tell them?

Who do I trust?

They saved me. Took me in. No one has done that for me before.

Think about it, Raven. Think about what they’ve done for you.

“The guy in the corner sort of pulled me aside,” I tell Hunter as we reach each other.

Well, there you go. I guess I have my answer. I do trust these guys. A lot. I just hope I’m not making a mistake.

Most of my doubt about that dissipates when Hunter wraps his arms around me and pulls me in for a hug.

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