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    “Come on, Eden!” she heard one of the girls shout, and she realized they had all but gone into the club .
    Eden finally stretched her legs out, glancing down at her heeled feet, careful to avoid the cobbles on the road. Her shoes were the one concession to sexy she had made, while keeping the rest of her outfit somewhat chaste. The four-inch heels made her feel powerful. At five-foot-two, any extra height added to her confidence, and she smiled as she looked down at them. The black suede crisscross pattern that traveled down the front of her foot to a peep-toe point reminded her that she was still in control, despite Susan’s idle threats of getting her to drink before the end of the night.
    A cool summer breeze suddenly swept across the pavement and Eden’s smile started to fade as she looked up. The wind caught her hair and swirled it across her mouth, hiding her small gasp as she made eye contact with the man standing in front of the club .
    For a moment, Eden forgot the fear and dread she had been carrying around her all evening. Pale blue eyes held her gaze, and for the first time in a long time, she felt a tightening inside her that she almost didn’t recognize . She didn’t notice the cool wind anymore, even though it swirled around her, pulling her dress in a twist around her body, revealing far more than she intended. She instinctively tightened her grip on the limo door, not wanting to lose her balance as the man she couldn’t take her eyes off of continued to return her gaze. All she could see was the blue, a calm lagoon that she could get lost in and float away. Those eyes were like nothing she had ever seen before and she never wanted to stop looking.
    “Eden! Come on! God, it’s freezing out here.” Susan was suddenly there, grabbing her wrist, breaking the bond with the mystery man and practically pulling her over. Eden stumbled for a moment before regaining her balance and looking up. But in those few moments, he had disappeared into the Gothic building, home to the exclusive Acer Club .
    Susan looked at her again. “I thought you didn’t drink on the way over? You look totally out of it. You okay?” Her voice sounded sober all of sudden.
    “I’m fine, sorry. Ready for an epic night?” Eden said, now pulling Susan into the club , slightly shaken by what she had seen. There was something so familiar about those eyes, but she couldn’t put her finger on it.
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    Eden was secretly pleased to see Trey had oversold his parents’ sway with the club . The management had only allocated two of the club ’s larger entertainment rooms to the group, not the entire club as Trey had promised. The main foyer was calm and quiet, exuding the feeling of controlled opulence that Eden had expected of such an establishment. It was only when Susan led the way down one of the hallways leading off the main foyer and opened a set of double doors that Eden realized the rooms were soundproofed.
    Momentarily, as they walked in, the beat of the music coming from the sound system broke the tranquility of the rest of the club . The large, dark rooms were fully paneled and joined together through a set of double doors, now swung open for the evening.
    “It’s open bar! Trey’s really pissed we’re not getting the whole club, so it’s a sort of peace offering, I guess.” Susan looked at Eden with a little smirk. “You can’t pass up a drink on the house now, can you?”
    “I’ll get them. Looks like Trey’s glad you finally arrived,” Eden offered, nodding in the direction of the blond man weaving his way toward them. He had a sloppy grin on his face, giving away how drunk he already was. Eden was determined to regain her composure and to get away from Susan’s increasingly irritating manner.
    As she walked across the room to the bar, sliding between the crowd, trying to avoid too much contact as she squeezed past her peers, all she could think about were those eyes—so blue and piercing. Why