Helanie:
It was the most horrifying sight for .
I ran back to the mansion like my tail was on fire. Now I understood why things didn’t go as planned between us as we wanted them to.
My promise was kept without knowing. As I returned to the mansion, I noticed Emt in the hallway, getting ready for whatever he does out there in the woods.
In that mont, it beca clear to that the brothers go out either to take care of Maximus and also make sure he doesn’t go into the population to cause chaos.
It all made sense now.
I’m not the only one who is keeping secrets. So I was no longer ashad of holding things in and not telling the brothers. I ran to my room and locked myself in until morning. I would avoid the brothers at any cost now.
Before anyone could wake up, I had already packed my stuff and left the mansion.
I didn’t care about saying goodbye to anyone either.
"Look who’s here," Lamar comnted, extending his hand for to shake, which I did with a weak smile on my lips. He was standing next to Gavin, Jenny, and Penn.
"Give a hug," he stole my bags, tossing them at Penn and Gavin to carry, and pulled into a brotherly hug.
"Hey, you okay, right?" he whispered in my ear. I bet he noticed I looked a little down.
"I will be now," I replied as he broke the hug.
"You look very pale. Did you not eat anything?" he asked quietly while examining my face.
"I ate too much last night. It was a great occasion, and there was so much food--" I kept talking when he hushed for a mont.
"What occasion, Helanie?" Of course, he understood sothing had deeply upset for talking so much about a supposed occasion that turned pale.
"Rember Charlotte?" I watched him nod. "Well, she is a close friend of Maximus."
I watched him gasp and cover his mouth. "Which is crazy because--" I shut up as I bit my tongue.
"What? Tell what is it?" he insisted, but Jenny and the others had grown tired of waiting for him to step aside so they could co and greet .
"Groups within groups, not accepted," Jenny pushed him away and hugged . Her arms tightly wrapped around , and she patted my back.
"I love you, sister. I hope you know that," her tone was slightly different and odd. She broke the hug and stepped aside as Gavin gave a side hug.
"Hey," Penn waved from behind Jenny, a strange hesitation clear in his body. It was so weird to be back at the academy now.
"How are you all?" I asked absentmindedly as I had to physically stop myself from telling Lamar that Maximus is a lycan.
And also, how could Charlotte be his mate when I felt the mate bond with him too? Or has he got two mates?
One for his human form and the other for his lycan form?
I just didn’t get it.
But I wasn’t ready to explore anything either. Maximus did it to hurt my feelings. He chose Charlotte at a ti when he was ’dying’ to be with . But I knew his truth. Hence, his mother arriving with Charlotte was another ga they were trying to play, probably to push into blurting out that Maximus cannot be with my ’cousin.’
"We’re good. And we would love a hug too, but I guess–we’re not that lucky," Penn said, shrugging dramatically while his hands stayed in his pockets.
"You an to say lucky?" I corrected him with a laugh, but he gestured for to look behind . I slowly turned around to see Lucy standing in the crowd, probably having arrived while I was greeting everyone. Maybe that’s why she didn’t co closer.
"I’ll move away," Gavin said, walking off, and as he did, Lucy started walking our way.
"Hey," she suddenly had a bright smile on her face as she waved her hands and hugged tightly.
Her scent took back to the ti when we first t. Although now she was wearing makeup, acrylics, and a mini skirt, the rest was the sa. Her behavior was cheerful, just like it used to be before she got caught up in the ss with her mate.
"Hello, all of you," she then broke the hug to greet the others but particularly avoided Jenny when she tried to hug her.
"We’re good. We wanted to co and see you but--" Penn took the chance to speak and divert attention to himself.
"Oh, I’m glad you didn’t co because if you had, you would have brought her with you," she boldly eyed Jenny, who looked around and then instantly looked down in embarrassnt.
"Co on, let’s go, Jenny," Penn definitely couldn’t handle the truth. I didn’t hate Jenny, but she did hurt Lucy pretty bad. All that ti when Lucy was losing her mind trying to tell everyone she wasn’t just imagining things, Jenny stepping forward would’ve saved Lucy so much stress.
Penn walked away with his sister, and now it was just the three of us.
"Are you going to be okay?" I asked Lucy, wondering if the sight of the fall would affect her, and I could tell it already was. She had big tears in her eyes but kept a smile on her lips.
"YuP!" she popped the letter ’p.’
"Let’s go back inside and see our room, shall we?" Lamar suggested, and we all walked in. Other students were already heading to their rooms. The wallpaper had been replaced, and so new decor had been added.
"Are you not going to take the elevator?" Lucy asked, confused when I started to walk on foot with her, taking the stairs.
"I’m not so weak anymore," I joked and watched her eyes grow bigger before she held my hand and squeezed it to show how happy she was.
That’s when I received a text from soone I didn’t expect to get.
Trainer Norman: Not even a thank you and you left already?
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