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Lunch was strained. The four of us sat at the dining room table. There were various sandwiches and salads spread out.
“Who made all the food?” I asked Cade. He’d been a little preoccupied and he was acting jealous.
“One of the ladies from our pack likes to cook so I let her have free reign in the kitchen,” he replied tightly. He was still angry, but he was trying to be polite.
By the end of lunch, I decided to retreat back to my room for a while. I needed space and time to try and figure out how I was going to deal with Cade finding out I was his mate. I had just over one day left before I had to come clean.
That night I slept well despite all the things weighing down on me and I was relieved I was going back to school.
Cade was nowhere to be seen when I went down to the kitchen after getting ready for school.
“Hi, how are you feeling?” Gary asked. He was always up early.
“I’m good,” I replied as I went to get some coffee.
Cade walked in and I felt the flutter in my stomach at the sight of him.
“Morning,” he greeted as he grabbed a cup of coffee.
“Morning,” I greeted, trying to keep myself from perving over him. He was gorgeous.
“You ready to leave for school?” he asked as he took a sip of coffee.
“Yes,” I answered. The truth was I hadn’t eaten yet but I wasn’t going to make him wait while I had breakfast.
“Come on, let’s go.”
The car ride was quiet. I kept my gaze fixed on the scenery passing us by, trying to keep the flutter of excitement that came alive whenever he was close to me under control. I felt Cade’s eyes on me a couple of times but I refused to look at him.
By the time he pulled into the school parking lot, I was frazzled and nervous. Quickly, I got out of the car and walked inside the school, leaving Cade behind.
I felt safe within the school. There were enough werewolves to keep me safe. Cade and Blake had gone through my classes and scheduled specific werewolves to keep an eye on me in each class. It was like a rotation of bodyguards.
I was at my locker getting a book when I turned to see Keri beside me.
“You’re back,” she said.
“Yeah, I was sick yesterday.” The lie rolled off my tongue.
“I spotted you getting dropped off by Cade Presley,” she informed me with a knowing smile.
“It’s a long story and I don’t really want to get into it right now,” I said. I hadn’t expected the question so I didn’t have a suitable lie.
“Are you guys dating?” she asked, wide-eyed with excitement.
“No way,” I answered, slamming my locker closed. I spotted Blake walking past us.
“I need to ask Blake something,” I told her. “I’ll see you at lunchtime.”
“Sure, see you then,” she said and walked away.
I caught up with Blake. He smiled at me when I grabbed his arm to stop him.
“Hey,” I greeted, a little out of breath.
“Hi,” he said. “You okay?”
“Yeah, I’m fine, I just wanted to ask you some questions,” I told him.
