Nova Colby jumped to his feet, glass in hand, placing himself between us and Dominic. “Docks,” Dominic said in surprise, unable to see us behind him. “Is that water? May I have it?” “Uh…sure,” Colby answered, offering the glass. Dominic downed the rest of it in one gulp. “Thank you. Someone just shoved her tongue down my throat. She tasted like vomit.” “That’s… disgusting,” Colby said hesitantly. “The water helped,” Dominic said. “How about I don’t punch you for being Nova’s date and we call it even?” “And why would you care if he’s Nova’s date?” Aaron asked from where he sat on the ground next to me. Dominic froze, then leaned to the side to see around Colby. His eyes narrowed on Aaron, then pinged over to me. His face immediately hardened. Fuck, he was beautiful even when he was

