With my back still to my friends, I pointed in its direction. “We could go—” I cut myself off with a scream as a loud scraping noise moved around me. Sparks skittered across the ground as the guy responsible stood up. He should’ve been intimidating with his presence and costume, but the gentle features under the makeup made that hard to believe. We were locked in a stare down and the energy that came off him made me question everything. Is this scary or sexy?
