Chapter 778

“You scared me,” he said, shaking his head. “Why are you here?”

“Sorry to scare you,” I tell him, giving him a small smile. “But I’m going to have you sleep in my suite tonight with your father. We are spending the night here. It’s a girl’s night. There’s an extra bedroom in the suite with a TV, so you’ll have space for your gaming.”

Matt frowned.

“I don’t want to leave,” he argued. “Besides, Irene hasn’t come out of her room all day.”

I looked at Nan, who had a worried crease between her brows.

“Well, the boys are heading to my suite as well for a boys’ night. Chester and Erik, I think. Erik is off duty tonight and wanted to hang out, so they are heading there as we speak. I figured you’d want to see them, that’s all.”

Matt’s eyes grew wide; he loved Erik. He was the kind of gamma that Matt aspired to be, and it’s funny because I believed Matt was a better fighter.

“Okay, I’ll go,” Matt said, standing to his feet. “But you owe me.”

I laughed.

“I wouldn’t think otherwise,” I tell him, running my fingers through his brown, shabby hair. “Enjoy your night.”

He grabbed his gaming set and was out there within minutes

now?” Nan

out of her room,” I say as I head towards Irene’s bedroom. I had a feeling I knew which

door to Irene’s room open and peered inside. She was lying in bed, beneath the covers, and only the top of her blonde hair could be seen. My heart squeezed for her; she

sleep.

her back

up,” I

that I didn’t quite get. I smiled at her sleeping face as it appeared once the covers shifted. But

say, shaking her again. “Wake up, Irene.

her eyes fluttered open; the pale blues focusing on me for a moment before confusion fell across her face. Her perfectly

and filled with exhaustion as she lifted her head, peeking around the dark room. “What’s

my chest. “It’s not healthy for you to stay in this room all night, wallowing in self-pity when

shook her head, still

“What time is it?”

I replied, glancing at the clock on her bedside

her blonde hair falling across her shoulders. “I

enough to bring our things to our rooms, so

“We are only here for a

bit,” I tell her. “Come hang out with us. Nan is getting snacks. We

let out

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