Forged in Fire (THE VESSEL TRILOGY #1) by Juliette Cross EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Standing next to Mindy in the elevator, I wished I’d said
no and stayed home. My idea of the perfect birthday
celebration was pajamas, pizza, whiskey and coke, and a Lord
of the Rings marathon. Not the club scene.
I knew I was too young to be this jaded about college
nightlife, but I couldn’t help it. The party scene simply felt
old and tired.
Maybe it was because I was an old soul, as Dad always told
me. Maybe it was because I’d suffered a tragic loss at a
young age, making the pastime of drinking till you drop
seem rather a waste of time. Or maybe I just didn’t want to
sweat out the night in a packed club while strange guys
groped me.
Either way, it didn’t matter. I loved my best friend, and
she’d refused to let me sit home on my birthday like I’d
wanted to. So here I was.
I glared down at her since I was about a foot taller. She
beamed back with a syrupy-sweet smile.
“Oh, come on, Gen. Don’t be so grumpy. Tonight, I want
you to relax. Nothing else to worry about. Just have fun.”
Her baby blues pleaded with me to loosen up.
“Nothing to worry about,” I exhaled a deep breath on a
semi-smile. “Fun. Got it.”
“Awesome. Now let’s go celebrate!”
We were total opposites in just about every way. She was
petite, slender, and tan. I had inherited my height and dark
hair from my dad. But my milk-pale skin and ice-blue eyes
came from my mother.
“Stop brooding,
” muttered Mindy.
“I’m not.”
Right before the elevator doors opened, Mindy shifted and
glanced sideways under long lashes. A telltale sign of guilt I
recognized from our long friendship.
“What? What did you do?”
“Nothing,
” she protested too innocently. “Just that I
forgot to mention that Steven is coming with us.”
The elevator dinged. The door opened.
“You did not set me up on a date tonight,
” I grated out.
“No, I promise! Not a date. He just wanted to come along.
As a friend. That’s all.”
I eyed her with suspicion. “Whatever. But I am not on a
date. This is my night, remember?”
“Yes, of course!”
She hooked her arm through mine as we entered the
lobby of her mother’s upscale New Orleans condo. I was still
surprised by what an unemployed divorcee could afford, but
then there was always an endless stream of wealthy men in
this city willing to bestow treasures on attractive, charming
women.
We waltzed into the lobby, arm in arm, clip-clopping
across white marble to a set of gold brocade sofas. Her
boyfriend, Dazzling Dave, jumped up along with his buddy,
Slippery Steve. Monikers I gave them and kept to myself so
that it wouldn’t hurt Mindy’s feelings.
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