His Trouble Maker

Chapter 74

Chapter 74

JESSICA

I have no idea what to say.

Hook up to find Riot but he’s already gone. What the fuck did I do? I wanted to cry my eyes out because I just let a stranger touch me.

My body is still in fire.

I’ve held on for so long to not want Riot’s touches, but the pain is beyond me. No matter how much I try to stop him from touching me, my body still

betrays me.

Goddess… what did I just do?

I push off the bed like it’s on fire, moving before I can think too hard. Thinking is dangerous. Thinking means feeling, and I can’t afford that right now.

Clothes hit the floor. I grab the first clean leggings I see, a sports bra, my boots. My hair goes up in a knot, fast and messy, and I splash cold water on my face like it’ll snap me back to reality. I don’t look in the mirror–I already know what I’ll see.

I slam the door behind me and head straight for the field. The sun’s already high, burning the world gold. Warriors are stretching, sparring, joking like their lives aren’t all disasters.

Mine is.

“Jess!” Logan’s voice cuts through the morning haze. He jogs toward me, face flushed from training or concern–I don’t care which.

I keep walking.

“Hey!” He catches up, falling into step beside me. “You good?”

“I’m fine.”

He gives me a look like he doesn’t believe a word.

“You weren’t at breakfast. Pierce told me not to wake you up.”

“I wasn’t hungry.”

“Are you avoiding me?”

“I had things to do.”

sighs, brushing a hand through his damp hair. “Grayson’s been asking about

second. Just

want to talk about Grayson,” I snap, pushing forward faster, eyes locked on the man wiping sweat from his brow, oblivious

and pauses, halfway

duck my head and plow forward, my shoulder ramming

he grunts,

such a disaster. “Uhm…I

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widen seeing it in broad daylight. There’s amazing talcool p looks like a wolf spans across

catching me staring.

burns. “N–no. I mean–the you

is playful but his eyes are intense. This

glance around,

shirt aside, completely unbothered by his half–naked state or the hungry stares from others in the training

that?” He cocks his head, dark hair falling across one

dry. The memory of those hands on my skin, cool against my fever,

“You’re impossible,” I mutter.

hair behind my ear. “You weren’t complaining last night.

“It was just biology.

amusement dancing in those dangerous

his gaze and found a blonde girl standing at the

an instant. He’s moving before I can even process what’s happening. He quickly grab the girl’s wrist and yanking her toward him. Even from here, I can see the

appears at my side.

“Huh?”

eyes narrow. “Theo was exiled three days

drops.

Of course, I fucking

hand on my shoulder startles me.

was exiled, that means someone knows about

run, praying no one can smell the

in my room, I pace frantically, biting my nails

I dial Grayson’s number

throw the phone on my bed

Now. If Theo was exiled, Grayson must know

compound toward his office. The corridors are eerily quiet–everyone’s probably still gossiping about the training ground

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