Chapter Twelve: Seeds of Tension

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POV: *Lavender*

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No one seemed to notice me at first. Each man sectioning off with cliques of their own. Each had conversations that distracted them from me standing by myself.

Slowly, trying not to draw attention to myself, I tried to find a wall. Something to put my back against as I looked for a way out of there.

I felt silly. I wasn’t stuck in a room with wild animals. Even if the room smelled like pure man and ...