Erica:

“Dante stop this! You're being unreasonable!"

Dante had walked over to Javier and the both of them were in a heated argument. Javier was standing calmly behind me while Dante was snarling threats at him.

“Dante!"

I stood between the two of them and tried my best to keep them away from each other. I had no idea how this had escalated so fast.

I was grateful that Javier was being so composed. He simply stood behind me, staring quietly yet intensely at Dante.

“You want to be a smart talker. Why don't you say what you said earlier to my face!"

I was barely strong enough to keep...