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 -"

cousin, not understanding. "What is

fuck are you doing sleeping

open as he stares at Rafe,

fuck does Rafe

been rejected, when you were supposed to be watching her? Fucking smelling all over of the girl I'm in love with, your clothes all

because he - he doesn't think Rafe would be too stupid to notice that. No, it was him, Jesse, who was

fucking think of it - didn't even realize - he'd just wanted to

right, he was supposed to be watching her.

sweeps through him absolutely, from head

Jesse says, his head tilting

shouts, his voice breaking on his cousin's name as he grabs

in his voice, his shoulders slumping as he puts his hands up, giving in to the larger Alpha, the man with the moral high ground

Rafe's words are a snarl as his rare

"Stop saying it like

the fuck did you just

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

I are

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