“This is awesome,” I say more to myself than him. Right now, we can see people running the track during their PE hour.
It’s not super close, maybe a hundred yards away, but I’d bet, at night, when the lights are on, it’s still a really clear view. It’s a perfect view of the entire football field, and right at the fifty. They’re raised maybe three feet high, and a solid ten feet from the ledge, a few lawn chairs that look like they might have been nailed down on top of those allowing you to see over the side without being anywhere near it. We round the air conditioning units to the opposite end of the building where there’re crates stacked up. In no kind of hurry, he loosens his grip, his hands dropping to his sides as he steps away, nodding for me to follow him to the other side. “You can let go of me now, pretty sure I’m no longer at risk of plummeting to my death.” He glares down his nose, but his fingers twitch against my hips. I stare, my eyes lowering to Nico’s bruise.īoth Nico and Alex have fresh markings on their faces? His dark gaze is displeased, but a concealed sentiment lines his brow. Maybe it’s the way he has me barricaded between his wide shoulders that has me feeling delicate. I inhale sharply, meeting Nico’s barren eyes over my shoulder.īeing on the taller side, I’m surprised by how small I still seem against him.
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