Page 191 of Tainted Romance

“She isn’t that stoned. Anyway, you’re the one that normally keeps an eye on her when she is. Not me.”

“Fuck, you’re more stoned than her! Bloody useless.”

“She isn’t that stoned!”

“What does she do when she is stoned?”

“Fuck you.”

“Apart from that.”

“Eat.”

“Where did you go with her?”

Chase’s face melted in understanding. “To get food.” He finally switched onto the situation. “Well, she seemed switched on. She even promised me something, but now I’m not sure if she was thinking clearly.” He frowned.

“Where did you leave her?”

“Can’t remember.”

I was up. I would search the whole festival looking for her if I had to. I could feel something was wrong with her, but I didn’t know if it was because of the drugs or not. Why did she have to do drugs?!

“You can read her mind. Read her mind and find out where she is,” Blake snapped at me. Like he could force me to do it if I wouldn’t willingly.

I was already searching for her before he even demanded it of me.

Ok. Where is Blake when I need him? Calm down, Allie. We are around people. He won’t make a move while in front of others.

Ok. He’s touching me. What the hell do I do? Change and kill him? We are in front of humans and who was I kidding. I couldn’t kill someone even if I wanted to.

I could feel her panic. She was with someone she didn’t like. She felt unsafe. She felt scared.‘Allie, what the hell is going on?’My voice filled her mind.

‘Are you with Blake?’Her voice entered my mind high on panic.

‘Yes.’

‘Tell him Dan has got me. He will know what to do.’

I frowned and looked at Blake. “She said Dan has got her and you’ll know what to do.” Why wouldn’t I know what to do? Why didn’t she want me right now?

Blake cursed and looked panicked. “Of course he would find her when I wasn’t around. Do you know where she is?”

“Around food.”

“Well, you’re really fucking helpful, aren’t you?” he snapped and pushed past me heading for the food vans.

“Who’s this Dan guy?” I caught up with him. I couldn’t understand why Allie was feeling so scared, but it made me want to fucking find her more knowing she felt unsafe. Yeah, I was feeling how Blake looked.

“A jerk. He made a move on Allie years ago. She said no. He trashed our shit because of it. The next year Allie and I blew up their van as payback. We were meant to be on a lifetime ban because of that.” Blake pushed through the crowd.

I felt Allie’s panic go up as Dan gripped her arm, stopping her from running. She was stoned, her reflexes were slower.

“Werewolf or human?”

“Werewolf. Allie could handle a fucking human. Why else do you think I’m panicking?” He was scanning the crowds looking for her.

I didn’t need to look. I could feel her. I was naturally drawn to her. I pushed a few more people out of my way and, instead of following Blake, he was following me.

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