Chapter 80

“So, what was going on in there?” Jackson asks softly as we move through the quiet halls, glancing over his shoulder as we go.

“Don’t you know?” I ask, frowning up at him.

He just looks at me blankly, not answering.

“Well, then why did you interrupt?” I ask, confused. Because it’s one thing if Jackson interrupted because he knew that Alvez was going to be a creep, but quite another if he interrupted for…well, why else would he have interrupted?

“I don’t trust that guy,” Jackson sighs, the words slipping between clenched teeth. “Something’s…off about him.” He moves his eyes to me again, searching my face. “Was I wrong?” His words are tense.

I sigh, shaking my head. “No, you weren’t wrong, Jackson,” I say, looking forward as we climb into an elevator and Jackson presses the brass button, closing he doors. “I was…very uncomfortable in there.”

Jackson grunts in a self–satisfied way, pleased I think to have his instincts confirmed. “I

don’t like the way he looks at you,” he says, quite soft. “I knew it was going to be trouble when he gave me that note, asking you to come alone.”

“How did you know the note said to come alone?” I ask, looking up at him.

Jackson turns, instantly frowning down at me like the answer is obvious. “Because I read it.”

I burst out laughing, shaking my head at him. “Jackson, you can’t just read my mail.

“I was helping you!”

“That’s not an excuse!” but I’m smiling, and he smirks back at me, figuring out that I’m not actually mad. Because he really did help me – I’d have been in a very tricky situation, I think, had Jackson not come pounding on the door.

murmurs as the elevator raises us up into

Rafe or..or come get me. Or something.”

pretends not to notice that I’m looking at him. And inwardly, I wonder how the hell he’s

because some part of him knows, deep down, that I’m his mate or that I’m special to him, in some way. It’s happening, I think, on almost a bodily level he’s driven to ensure

know, my wolf says to me, sitting back on her haunches and turning her head curiously in Jackson’s direction. He must

sure. Jackson – he’s smart, but in some ways he’s so outside of our world, our culture. Would he be able to pick up on the little clues that Ben noticed, which

less progressive with things like homosexuality and gender fluidity. Even if Jackson did feel a stirring towards me, would he

as the doors open to the dormitory floor, shaking my head

stepping out of the elevator and turning his attention back to me. “Why are you

look up at him, at the stark panes of his

a step as we walk

says in disbelief, gesturing towards himself. “You think

right that I’m certainly the one keeping secrets. “You’ve got them too, you know,”

of the hall and begin to climb them up to my floor. “Things you’re

want to know – every single thought in

me as we make our way to my door.

from the silence bemehow, by the quietness

I know

Rafe are away, probably exercising. That Luca and Ben are likewise off doing their own

so easy, to

tell him everything…

do it do it do it, I

direction of my thoughts, knowing that I’m

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