The music was pounding. Marcus Leight was doing his best to stay as close to Dany as he possibly could without it seeming like he was dry humping her. Everything was sparkly and Dany's skin felt like silk, which probably meant that the pills she'd given them were working.

Suddenly a man slammed into Marcus and he, the man, and Dany all went down in a tangle of limbs.

"Hey man, get off me." Instead of obliging the man started to shake. Marcus shoved the man off him and tried to get a look at the man. The tingling was making it hard to think and he would have really appreciated it if bright lights would go away. Suddenly the man let out a groan and went rigid. Marcus tried to remember the first aid training he'd gotten in basic. He looked at one of the people who had gathered around "call an ambulance." He realised who it was that was dying on the club's sticky floor. It was Jacob Ortega, his best friend and Dany's brother.