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the owners.”
    “Oh, you’re the mechanic!” I cried with too much excitement.
    He chuckled, concurrently amused and taken aback by my excitement. “Guilty.” He cocked his head. “I take it from your excitement that your car is one of the ones waiting to be fixed?”
    I nodded happily, clutching onto my soda. “You must be very popular tonight. From what I heard, there are quite a few cars that need your attention.”
    He laughed again, exhaustion already suffusing his voice. “It can get slow here so I’m grateful for the business during storms like this. Of course, it sucks for you guys.” I gave him a “what-can-you-do?” shrug, and he added, “I’ll do my best to fix it all up before morning comes.”
    I was about to nod and thank him when I heard footsteps approaching us.
    “Phix,” said a young woman’s voice from behind us. From the entrance came a girl in her early twenties. She was wearing a leather jacket, black jeans, and heavy black eyeliner that made her look scarier than she should’ve looked. Her long, shiny brown hair barely moved as she approached us. Her indifferent eyes studied me for a moment before she looked at Phix. “San needs you.”
    “Your name is Phix?” I asked, finding too much humor in the coincidence of his name. I momentarily disregarded how unfriendly her aura was and turned back to the cheery guy. “Like ‘fix’?” His friendly grin confirmed my assumption, and I laughed again. “It’s ironic that you’re a mechanic and your name is ‘Phix.’ I guess you were born to fix things, weren’t you?”
    Cheesy, I know, but I was trying to be friendly and likeable.
    He gave a halfhearted shrug, stealing a glance at the girl. Unlike Phix, she found no amusement in our conversation. He was still friendly, but I could tell that Phix was starting to feel uncomfortable. “You could say that.”
    The girl wheeled her full attention onto me. The glare she cast in my direction nearly knocked me on the ground. I could only surmise that she must have been his girlfriend and that she was thinking that I was hitting on him. I wanted to tell her: “You don’t have to worry! I have the sexiest creature in the world naked and waiting for me in my room. I have no interest in your boyfriend!” but found it too preposterous to say because it wasn’t like I could do anything with Eclipse.
    Plus, I knew a “get-the-hell-away-from-my-boyfriend” glare when I saw one. I didn’t want to awkwardly stand there any longer than I had to. If a couple had trust issues, then it was their issue. I didn’t need to be in the middle of it. I already had enough issues of my own—one of them trying to resist a hot and seductive Demon.
    “Well, it was nice meeting you.” I raised my soda up to Phix and inclined my head. “Thank you again for helping me and thank you in advance for fixing our car.”
    “Have a good night, miss.”
    “You too.”
    Smiling meekly, I turned away.
    As I rushed out of the room to avoid the glare from the girl, I heard her whisper, “What are you doing? San says we have to get working. Stop wasting time and let’s get this over with . . .”
    I journeyed back into the main hall as their voices faded into the background. The living room was empty and I deduced that the other couples must’ve gone back to their rooms. Perturbed by the sudden eerie vibe of the upstairs quarter, I hurried down the hall, unlocked the door, and dashed back inside, breathing a sigh of relief now that I was back in the safety of my room.
    Upon walking back in with my soda, I took a moment to poke my head into the bathroom to see that Eclipse was still sleeping soundly in the bathtub. I tried not to judge him for napping for so long. I doubted he was used to driving piece of shit cars and walking for miles in the rain. Not to mention, in terms of our sleeping arrangement, no matter how much he desired me, he never once got into bed with me. Eclipse would tease and flirt unabashedly,