As Connor suggested, I search for Lily and Desmond. I find them chatting in a corner, snuggled into each other.

When Lily sees me, she smiles brightly. "Sophie! Where's Connor?" She looks around and I chuckle.

"He's being Connor. He felt the need to check on my security with Hunter, so he sent me to come hang out with you two until he's done." Lily gives me a knowing smile.

"Connor just can't let up, even for one night? Who would attack you here? We're surrounded by the most powerful people in the world. Anyone crazy enough to come after you is suicidal." Desmond says, still not fully aware of the fact that I have died, and quite possibly can die again.

I simply shake my head and sit down. Lily pats his shoulder and takes a seat beside me.

Eventually Connor returns, but he's still tense. "Everything alright?" I ask as I stand to greet him.

He nods in a stiff manner. "Yes, but I don't feel as if it is." I lean up to kiss his cheek and force him to look at me with my hands.

"Let Hunter handle it. I want to relax, and I want you to relax." Connor pulls me towards him, his lips moving towards mine. I know what he's doing, and I'm perfectly fine with easing his wolf's fears.

He leans his forehead against mine. "I'll let Hunter handle it this one time. With you looking like this, and covered in my scent, I don't know how I walked off before." Connor kisses me again and I hear someone clear their throat.

"Really guys? In the open? You guys must just love having people watch you make out." Trish steps up to us, a drink in her hand, and another hand on her hip. "I swear, do you two even understand the term PDA?"

I laugh and Connor looks up to her, a slight snarl coming out. "No, I understand it, I just don't care." He cracks a smirk at her, then looks back down to me. "Besides, this is nothing."

I gape at him and smack his chest. "Connor!" He chuckles heartily and I smack him again for messing with me. "You're such a tool."

"A tool that you seem to use a lot. I guess I'm handy." He winks and I roll my eyes.

"I just borrow it when I need it." I say, trying to keep a straight face.

Connor nods, a small smirk hiding behind an attempt at being upset. "Then what is the rest of me for?"

"You're cute, and every girl needs some eye candy." I send him a wink and Connor kisses my cheek.

"Okay, you two are literally the worst. Why did we have to watch that?" Trish groans and takes a seat with a plop. I think she's a little tipsy.

Instead of responding, I just ignore her. She's just picking, no use in getting upset over it. Lily squeals excitedly. "Let's go dance! I love this song!" She snatches Desmond and takes off, causing Desmond to almost trip.

Trish chuckles slightly and looks up to me. "I think we may have solved her shy problem."

I nod, letting out a small laugh. "Either that, or Desmond did it."

Trish shakes her head with a smile and takes a sip of her drink. "Probably, but I'd like to think we had a little influence. He was just the last push over the edge."

I sit down beside her and Connor pulls a seat up next to mine. "So what would you ladies like to do?"

Connor asks us, his arm around the back of my seat, and his other hand on the table. Trish lifts her head and glances around. "Whoa, it's already almost midnight?"

I follow her line of sight and find a clock which, funny enough, does clearly read 11:54. I look to Connor, a confused look in my eyes. Have we really already been here two hours? It sure doesn't feel like it. "Time flies when you're having fun I guess." I say, leaning onto Connor. I'm feeling a bit tired.

"I guess." Trish says. Her nose scrunches up and she sniffs around. "Do you two smell that awful stench?"

Connor sniffs the air, and I take in a good bit of air, but both of us shake our heads. "What do you smell?" Connor asks, pulling me closer into him.

Trish shakes her head. "I don't know what it is. I've never smelt it before, but it smells bad, like really bad." She takes another deep breath and stands.

Trish has always been very good with tracking. Her senses are keen, and sharp, to the point that she can smell, hear, and see things that even Connor and I can't. "Can you follow it, or is it a cloud?" I ask, wondering if she's capable of finding the source.

She shakes her head, scrunching up her nose yet again. "No, I think it's filling up the room." I look up at the clock, 11:59. I have a very bad feeling about this.

Just as I think that, a powerful voice comes from the front of the room, sending a spike of fear straight into my gut. "Hello everyone."

That voice, I'd know it anywhere. How could I ever forget the voice of the man that sent me into hiding in the first place?

A/N

Hey guys, so this is a slightly shorter chapter, but I hope you forgive me, because I've updated twice within like 3 days :) Cliffhangers, what a "hang-up", am I right? :D Please forgive me, I am addicted to puns. I just can't seem to give them up, I'm a pun-aholic. ;D

Anyways, moving on....

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