Chapter 24

Lyra

I pushed past the door and stepped into the hallway.

The party was still going. Loud. Drunken. Horny.

I could barely see through the haze of lights and sweat and bodies moving. Music pounded through the walls. Someone screamed from upstairs.

I didn’t stop.

I didn’t look back.

I walked fast, clutching the hem of my dress like it could hold me together. My panties were ruined. Clinging to me like glue. I could feel the mess I’d made of myself every time I moved. Wet. Hot. Raw.

A hand reached out.

Tried to grab my waist.

“Hey baby, where you goin—”

“Don’t you fucking touch me,” I snapped.

The guy jerked his hand back like I’d burned him.

Good.

Because I was fucking burning.

I shoved past him, past a couple grinding against the wall, past two girls licking something off each other’s chests, past a guy on his knees while someone sat on his face.

Every image slammed into me like a fist to