The air changed.

Nobody moved. Nobody made a sound that wasn’t already happening. But something shifted, like the pressure in the room had just dropped. I felt Tyler look at me. Felt Marcus go still beside him. Felt every pair of eyes rearrange themselves around the two of us.

Logan went quiet. His shoulders changed. He turned his head slowly and looked at me, and the look on his face—

He didn’t look surprised. Didn’t look like he wanted to laugh it off or tell Jake to fuck off.

He looked like he’d been waiting for someone to say it out loud.

“Come on, Vee,” he said. His voice was...