How I've missed this feeling. I haven't felt happiness in months. This feeling burns me, but in a good way. I feel ten times better here than at the club. Eyes were on me. Not animosity, nor do they feel like anticipation. They feel like joy. Joy wraps around me like a blanket. 

"We also have a pinata!" Eugene said. 

I look at him. Really? I smile at him. Dad lowered the pinata. It was a heart. I look at it. I back away. Cass pushes me forward. Rapunzel gives me the bat. I look at it. I start to shake. It looked like the same shade as Val's glasses. The glasses that pierce into my soul and grips it. Cass blindfolded me.  

Okay, okay, don't panic. It's just a pinata. I took a breath. I swung it around. Nothing. I walk forward. Why is there so much silence.

"Varian..." I hear his voice.

I smell his smoke.  I grip my neck. I can feel it chocking me like a chain.  I feel his hands around me. They feel like daggers. I feel myself shaking, 

"Mmm. Smile for me babe." He says from behind me.

"No..." I breathe. 

This isn't real. Even though I feel him from behind me, he's not here. This is an illusion. It's just my head playing a really bad trick on me. Snap out of this Varian!

"Shhh. You know you always have such a sweet body."

No!

I can feel him taking off my shirt.

Please stop!

"We made a deal Varian. You can't run from it."

"I can goddamn try!" I scream.

I swing my bat. I fall over. I hear the shatter of glass.