Page 127 of Until We Burn
Ooo! Didn’t know you were kinky like that Rowan ;)
ROWAN
Keep this up and I’ll have your salmon cubes sloshed to the side the next time I deliver
DIANA
Guys, stay focused!! Is Simon with them?
WALLACE
No. There’s just three Vipers with the words ‘Sloth, Envy, and Pride’ on their sleeves.
“Lust…” Diana gulps. “The Vipers are dressed as the seven deadly sins.”
“Pretty damn fitting,” I grumble.
I quickly text Wallace back.
We’re getting into position now.
Neon lights and blaring music crash into us the second we leave the storage closet. Diana squeezes my hand. I look back at her. We don’t say anything, but our hold on each other is clear.
Whatever happens tonight, we’re getting through it together.
Our hands break apart.
Diana goes back to the table where Stella waits for her.
“Kai!”
I turn around to see Rowan coming up the stairs. Worry and annoyance flash across his face.
“You two couldn’t have picked a worse time to hook up,” he gripes. Before I can apologize, he nods at something over my shoulder. “The plan is in motion.”
I follow his eyes. Sophia and her friends are lined up at the bar. They flirt with Vipers dressed as Envy and Sloth. One of Sophia’s friends desperately vies for the attention of Pride, but his attention is pinned on Sophia who couldn’t give two fucks about his existence.
As I suspected, she doesn’t care for hockey players as much as her friends do.
Luke isn’t intimidated at all. He strides towards her withThe Look.His bright, playful blue eyes ease into a lazy charm that makes his stare smolder between his dark lashes. It’s the look that had every girl in school writing his name into their notebooks, and it got him every girl he ever wanted.
But I have a feeling Sophia won’t be so easy.
Rowan and I lurk close enough to see and hear everything.
“Look, Soph, I know you’d look amazing in a Vipers jersey,” Pride boasts.
Luke saunters up to the bar. He leans his elbow against the table and scoffs. “Amazing? In that thing? It’s all green and yellow. Makes me wonder if Shrek’s Swamp was the inspiration behind those jerseys.”
“Hey!”Pride rounds his shoulders and squares up at Luke.
Sophia swats the Viper aside to step in front of him. She crosses her arms, flashing him a curious, daring look.
“You really don’t think I would be able to pull off a Viper’s jersey?”
Luke angles his head at her. Unlike Diana’s cold and regal beauty, Sophia’s is girly and delicate with a deceptive edge. Even with her dainty button nose and plush, pink lips, the arrogant lift to her chin and her sharp, shrewd eyes give away the thorns beneath.
“Maybe you could pull it off,” Luke muses. “Although, I think you’d look so much better in my jersey.”
