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scream, rudely interrupted him.
“Hazel! Look who’s here!”
I turned to look at the poor person whose eardrums Nora was busting and my jaw dropped to the floor while my mind turned sober in a split second.
Iliana stood on the dance floor with pearls of sweat on her hairline from dancing, dressed in a beautiful red dress that fell under her knees and a pair of gorgeous ruby earrings that blinded me.

When I made my way across the floor, I saw her shaking her head at Nora and biting down hard enough to cause a click in her jaw.
An odd reaction to seeing me, I had to say, but then again the last time we saw each other she almost died and lost her mate because of me.

“Iliana, hi!”
I fell against her in a hug and tightened my arms around her shoulders. She hugged me back but it was a hug you’d give to someone that you didn't want to hug but did anyway because it would be rude not to.
My brows pinched together and I slowly released my arms and backed away.
“Hi,” her timidness hadn’t changed at least.
Maybe it was being here that made her nervous. Being this close to Darian couldn't be easy for her.
“I’m surprised to see you this close to the