#Chapter 427: Starry Eyed

Nina The music kept pulsing through the air, eventually switching from an upbeat pop tempo to a slower tempo, but I still felt as if I was on edge. I kept glancing at the corner as though I expected the shadow entity to be standing there, but it never was. The corner remained devoid of anything and anyone who wasn’t a regular partygoer, and I was beginning to feel like I was going crazy. Lori, who was pairing up with Jessica for a slower dance, shot me a look. “You sure you’re alright?” she asked. I nodded, managing a believable smile. “I just got a little nauseous, that’s all,” I said, nodding my head toward the bar. “I’m gonna go and get a ginger ale.” Lori and Jessica nodded and gave me a pair of warm smiles. I felt a bit bad for lying to my friends as I turned to make my way to the bar, but I couldn’t bring myself to tell them the truth about what I had seen. Not now. Not when the night was so magical and telling everyone would just make them worried. Besides, the