My Secret, My Bully, My Mates by Miss L

We walk inside to a grand entrance and I am immediately wrapped in a hug. I can’t see anything around the soft material covering my whole head, burying my face in a chest.

“You have no idea how good it is to see you. I thought we were all going to go crazy not being able to check in or see you at all this summer.”

Xander releases me from the stranglehold he has on me and holds me out at arms distance, giving me a once over clearly checking for lasting damage.

shoulders making it difficult to do anything. “I promise Doc Sylvia and

grand set of stairs to the balcony overlook. Just when I thought he was going to stop and show me something exciting he turned another corner and started down a hallway that was dimmer than the entryway. We flew past doors and I thanked the Goddess for my endurance, no mere mortal would have been able to

off?” I went for a

out of hallways and doorways, up stairways and every other kind of ‘ways’ you could think of in the humongous

spins me around and grabs my shoulders again. “Who

question like that. You have been hanging around Cameron, Dakota and Oliver a little too long, I think.” I’m angry now. I was so excited to see my friend and the first thing he thought to ask me is who attacked me over a month ago, he’s just as bad as the

just ran through me. It felt like the same wall of separation that was between me and the guys before I left shot up between Xander and I at that moment. I don’t want to do this here. I’m a new me, I’m away from all of that for just a little while. I want to pretend that the whole situation doesn’t exist. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath to calm my nerves and bring back my patience. He has been