Chapter 10
GRAY’S POV
She’s cute.
Fuck.
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Grab ahold of yourself, Grayson.
I pick up the damn water bottle, twist the cap with a little too much force, and take a long sip–mostly to stop myself from smirking like a lunatic across the table. She’s edgy. Fidgety. Can’t meet my eyes for more than two seconds without shifting in her seat like I’m burning her from the inside out.
Good.
She should be.
If she only knew–if she had any fucking clue–how close I was to kissing her in that lunch line just to shut those other girls up. Just to mark her with my mouth and make it clear: this one’s mine.
But I didn’t.
Because I can’t.
Not yet.
My thumb taps once–twice–against the side of the bottle as I stare at her. She’s not even eating. Just pushing food around like it insulted her. Her lashes flick up for half a second and our eyes meet.
She looks away.
Fast.
Gods, she’s going to kill me.
No, scratch that. I’m going to kill for her.
Logan is talking about something. Laughing, gesturing. I don’t know. I don’t care. My focus is locked on the way her fingers grip the edge of the tray. Tight. White–knuckled.
She’s trying so hard to pretend she’s okay.
She’s not.
And neither am I.
I shouldn’t have touched her.
Not in public. Not like that.
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But the second I felt the arch of her back under my hand, the soft little flinch she thought I didn’t notice–I knew.
She’s sensitive there.
Delicate.
Breakable.
Perfect.
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And every fucking instinct in me screamed to drag her onto the table, bare her throat, and bite down until she screamed my name with her legs wrapped around my waist.
1 blink slowly. Take another sip of water. Try to breathe like a sane person. I’ve led war parties with more composure than this.
My cock is still half–hard under the table, twitching every time she licks her lips like that.
Goddess. Help me.
She finally stabs something with her fork, then pauses, like she forgot how to eat.
Cute.
Distracted.
Mine.
glancing between us like a dumbass who enjoys playing with landmines. “Since
Friends.
Huh.
fork clinks against her tray. Her eyes go wide. She sits
“We’re not!”
Like she’s desperate
my lips, slow and deliberate. The annoyance coils in me tight, dark,
Really, woman?
well
going pink. “I
lifts a brow, clearly loving
stabs a potato like it personally betrayed her. Her knee bounces under the table. Her lip twitches.
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It might.
definitely not friends,” she mutters, quieter now. “That would imply
I raise a brow.
glances at me again. “Which I
This bitch.
my molars, hard enough to pop something in my jaw. My grip tightens around
tray, “if we were the last two wolves alive and I was bleeding out, I’d still
she get it? She wants me to lose it. She wants me to snap. I will. Eventually. And
stare at her. At her neck. Her lips. The delicate shift of her throat when
with a napkin, “what are you still
Alpha.
stop it,” Logan tries to cut in, voice
But like I said-
She’s a brat.
at me, eyes dark and
dragging out the word.
the fire rises up
stands.
tray onto the bin with a clatter and
In control. So, I do what they teach
One. Two Fuckit.
Heads turn. I don’t care. She wants to be a brat. Fine.
her hips ahead. This stupid, reckless,
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like a war beat, like my body is preparing for
Like
her shoulder, eyes locking on mine
Her brows furrow.
Good.
how deep
And then she runs.
She actually fucking runs.
doesn’t even realize she’s doing it. Like her body reacts before her brain catches up. Her bag bounces. Her ponytail swings. Her scent floods the air like it wants me
That’s fucking right.
Run.
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You pissed me off.
You wanted a reaction?
to
after her, not even trying to stay quiet now. The soles of my boots slam against the floor like thunder. She darts down the side hall behind the science wing–the part of the school that always smells
door in the hallway–doesn’t even check what’s behind it. Just slips inside
slide in right after, boots skidding slightly against the tile as I round the corner
Stupid, reckless, unthinking girl. It’s dumb for her
into the door. Press it shut behind me. My palm
getting
hair whips with her,
run from me first.
like she
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