I would have let him save me...The speed of it all terrified me.
My feelings terrified me.
No, Felicity, I told myself. No one's coming to save you. This is your life now.
So I stood there, huddled in the corner of the locker room that smelled of bodies, sweat, and tacky perfume, while girls funneled in and out of the club, until finally Dante returned for me, sweating like he'd just been...up to something.
He snapped his fingers and motioned to me.
“You. Let's go.”
I followed behind him like an obedient puppy down the hall that led to the main room of the club. The pounding bass grew louder as we walked. I knew it was just music, but to me it was the sound of a terrible monster ready to swallow me whole.
"So, good news," he told me. "You won't be going up on the main stage tonight.
