Page 306 of The Blairville Legacies

“Do you want to dance with me or stare holes into the air?” I asked, challenging, but he just looked at me with amusement, so I kept dancing.

When I turned around again, he had disappeared.Strange guy...

“Larissa!” My best friend's voice reached my ears, and I turned to her.

“Do you want to dance with me, or do you just want to annoy me as well?”

I took a closer look at Bayla. Her eyes were dark underneath as if she hadn't slept, and that waswithmake-up on. Her hair also looked like a mess.

“I wish I could dance with you now, but I can't. We have to get out of here!”

And then she grabbed my arm.

She had an amazing amount of strength, and I wondered where she got it from. This afternoon, she had been lying on her bed like a piece of cheese.

“Where do you want to go?” I laughed out loud.

She stopped for a moment, looked at me, then inspected the club. Finally, she sighed and pulled me along.

“How many drinks have you had?” came out of her mouth with concern.

“Not enough!” I shouted loudly, and Bayla gave me an annoyed look over her shoulder.

“Why don't you tell me where you want to go with me?” I grumbled.

“Let's dance!” I shouted and pulled Bay toward me, who immediately tripped over my feet and slammed into a much older girl. The latter jumped back with a disdainful look. Bay apologized and looked back at me. She looked annoyed. Then she just pulled me along.

“We don't have time for this now!” She sounded annoyed.

“Don't be such a spoilsport,” I laughed, amused, although I couldn't really understand why everything was amusing me so much. Maybe Ireallyhad drunk a little too much.

“Just come with me and trust me,” she said, looking around frantically as if she was hiding from someone.

“Are we playing hide and seek?” I asked with a laugh. That had been so much fun with Mady.

“Yes, we're playing hide and seek,” Bay replied, annoyed, and suddenly we were no longer surrounded by dancing people but outside in the cold, with the autumn storm whistling around our ears.

“Let's go back inside. What do we want out here?” I whined, pulling my robe further around my waist where the wind was seeping through the thin fabric of the dress.

“Larissa, listen to me carefully.” Bayla stood directly in front of me. “You remember our trip to the DeLoughreys' forest?”

I remembered that crazy homeless guy who had been bothering us. There had been something strange about him... The memories made me start to feel a little clearer.

“I met one of those guys in there. He approached Grace and me.”

“Oh,” I said. I suddenly felt even colder as I thought about how we'd nearly escaped. “But what would a homeless guy want here in this club?”

“Larissa, it was the other one. He was talking to Adrian, and he's planning to do something with us.”

“With Adrian?” I looked at Bay with a grin. “Adrian's pretty hot, don't you think?”

The memory of Adrian made me laugh.

“Larissa! Are you even listening to me?”

“Of course,” I said quickly. “He wants to do something with us.” I thought about it. “Do you think he meant me?”

“It was about me, and probably about you too.”

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