Chapter 23
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A roar fills my ears. Jay’s mouth is against my ear and he’s trying to say something to me, but it’s impossible to hear the words over the wall of sound. His breath tickles my skin and I turn my face and let my lips press against his. They’re warm and soft and my body tingles with desire.
I look away, out across a sea of people, all dressed in blue. We’re at a game of some sort. Football, maybe? It’s hard to tell. I’m about to turn my gaze towards the pitch to find out, when Jay snakes his arm round my waist and points at something with his other arm; a huge screen across the other side of the stadium, and I squint at it, try to make out what he’s showing me. It’s blue as well, and I stare at it for ages until it starts to shimmer and fragment, a siren starts up, so loud it pounds my eardrums and then the background fades and the noise recedes and then…
And then I’m back in bed, the glow of my phone lighting the room as it vibrates with the alarm beside me.
I reach over to switch it off, and let out a long breath, trying to get my heart rate to return to normal.