The bass from the speakers upstairs vibrated through the floorboards, a rhythmic thumping that felt like a heartbeat echoing in the narrow hallway. Blair clung to the sleeve of her brother’s jacket, her eyes wide as she navigated the sea of dancing bodies and smelling of expensive gin and sweat. The house was a sprawling modern monstrosity, filled to the brim with Seb’s college friends and their hangers-on, all gathered to scream in unison when the clock hit midnight.