Chapter 2
Three weeks later
The music is pounding as Holden makes his way back from the bar to where his group of friends are waiting. He goes over to Dawn and hands her a drink. She smiles.
“Thanks,” she yells over the music.
They are out with a bunch of people they know from high school. Even Anna, one of their oldest mutual friends, a cute were-hyena with a pixie cut and grey eyes. Everyone’s at least tipsy, drinking and dancing along to the music at the edge of the dance floor.
Holden feels his pocket buzz, so he hands Dawn his drink to get his phone out. He smiles when he sees that it’s a text from Seth. They’ve been chatting via text more than a little since they met, mainly casual, a little flirty.
Just got offered a free ride by a clown hooker. Yeah you read that right. Clown
