Chapter 0752

Jesse puts his head down, panting, and pushes harder to keep up with Rafe.

Because Jesses's fit, of course - he can beat almost anyone else in Warrior track now that Grant has left the school. But Rafe? He's always been faster. Still, if Jesse pushes a little more, he knows he can keep

up -

But he gasps, almost falling on his ass to avoid slamming into Rafe, who has stopped suddenly in the middle of the forest path that they run every morning.

"Rafe, what the hell!" Jesse stumbles out, tripping over his feet as he works hard to stay upright. "Why did you_"

Rafe turns towards him, the stern set of his mouth, the hurt and anger in his eyes suddenly putting a stop to Jesse's entire train of thought.

"Rafe..." Jesse pants, going still. "What's...wrong?"

"I tried," Rafe says, his voice low and devastated. "I kept it in this entire time that Ari's been sick, and away, because she needed us -"

"Kept what in?"

"It, Jess," Rafe snaps, turning fully towards his cousin now and taking a step towards him. "The fucking truth. But I can't do it anymore - now that Ari's doing better - now that she doesn't need my constant vigilance - I can't -"

Jesse says, stepping towards his cousin, not understanding.

fuck are you

stares at Rafe, whose grim face

does Rafe know

growls, storming forward and forcing Jesse to take several shaky steps back. "Showing up like that, after Ariel had been rejected, when you

his heart sinking, because he - he doesn't think Rafe would be too stupid to notice that. No, it

realize - he'd just wanted to get upstairs as fast as

he was supposed to be watching her. The whole

sweeps through him absolutely,

his head tilting to the side, his

shouts, his voice breaking on his cousin's name as he grabs Jesse's collar, hauling him closer.

his voice, his shoulders slumping as he puts his hands up, giving in

words are a snarl as his rare anger finally starts

narrow. "Stop saying

him. "What the fuck did

sweeps up, knocking Rafe's aside, making him drop his collar. "It's not like that, Rafe. It's a gross way of describing it - I'm not fucking her. I'm

and I

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