Page 106 of Black Reign

I’m already moving.

“Xavier,” Hannah calls.

I reach the door.

Jade’s voice follows me. “Do not scare her.”

I glance back.

“I don’t scare people.”

All four women look at me.

Right.

I leave.

The hallway blurs beneath my feet.

Down one flight.

Then another.

I take the main staircase instead of waiting for an elevator because apparently patience has abandoned me along with rational judgment.

The first floor opens below.

Drew, Leo, Vale, Jalen, and Kane are gathered near the bottom of the stairs with drinks in various stages of completion.

Every head turns when they see me moving fast.

Drew pushes his sunglasses higher onto his nose.

“Whoa.”

I keep going.

He steps sideways into my path.

“Where are you going?”

“Move.”

His grin appears.

“No fucking way.”

Kane straightens.

“Did she show?”

Vale looks at my face.

That tells him enough.

“She did.”

Jalen nearly drops his drink.