I felt a wave of anger wash over me, and I had to fight the urge to lunge at him. I didn't like the way he was looking at Emily, the way he was talking about her, as if he had some sort of claim on her.
"Oh, forgive my manners guys. I’m Elijah, Emily’s childhood friend." He said, then turned to Zac and Rowan.
My friends, caught in their own little bubble, seemed to surface slowly, blinking as if they'd just noticed a new planet had joined their solar system.
They didn’t notice anything off about him as they introduced themselves.
Emily, oblivious to the silent war I was waging in my own head, beamed at him. "Elijah, this is Liam. And these are our friends, Zac and Rowan."
"A pleasure," Elijah said, his smile not quite reaching his eyes. He had an easy confidence, the kind that could
