Chapter 007

With a heady mixture of panic and disbelief coursing through me, I practically bolted from Ivy's bedroom, “For God’s sake! What in the world did you do? What happened here?!”

“Stop sounding so hysterical, Brielle. You’re scaring the shit out of me."

The absurdity of Ivy’s statement knocked me off-kilter. I whipped around to face her, “Are you fucking serious? We’ve got a guy lying here, dead or dying, with blood all over his face, and you’re telling me to not freak you out?

Yeah, let’s just crack open the champagne and party,” I drawled sarcastically. “Because who cares that there might be a dead guy in your bedroom, right? We’re clearly the life of the party here.”

All jokes aside, I faced Ivy with a steely gaze, demanding answers. “What the hell happened?'

My patience wore thin with every passing second. Ivy was hesitant and right now, time was the one thing we didn’t have.

“Spill it, Ivy, or I’m walking,” I warned, leveling a steely gaze in her direction. My gut twisted with the