Collision Course

~TOBY POV~

I felt the shift in the room before I saw him.

It was hushed at first—conversations quieting, people glancing over their shoulders, the kind of wave that moves through a crowd when something dangerous approaches.

The champagne in my glass suddenly felt heavier, and I had the strangest urge to step protectively in front of Valerie.

Then I saw Donovan cutting through the crowd like a shar