Helanie:
"She ruined our na. We can’t even go out anymore," I heard my stepmother yelling from outside the room, clearly making sure I could hear her.
"I can’t even go play gas with my friends," Sullivan added, using his harsh and loud voice.
I was lying on the couch in the room, reading a book and rolling my eyes every ti I heard them.
"It’s not like you have any friends," Vani yelled back from inside the room, sitting on the bed doing her howork.
I heard loud footsteps approaching the room, and then Sullivan stood in the doorway.
"You shouldn’t be sharing a room with her. She’ll make you just like herself," Sullivan muttered, his eyes full of disgust when he ntioned .
I calmly pulled the book to the side and raised my eyebrow at him.
"That would make the happiest. Who wouldn’t want to get into the RVs and then beco their top student?" Vani said with a bright smile, making glance over at her and smile back.
"Really? I’m pretty sure she fucked her way up," Sullivan grimaced, arms folded across his chest.
I sat up on the couch, then rested my hands behind my back, leaning on them casually. I crossed one leg over the other and began to gently shake it.
"Then you should try it too. If you’re so sure that’s how it works, go ahead—give it a try," I said with a shrug. He let out a loud grunt in response.
There was a difference now—they didn’t dare hit anymore. I’m pretty sure they knew I would hit back... and a lot harder than they could.
"Don’t waste your ti on her. She’s only going to be staying with us for a few more weeks before we get rid of her. And then—that poor Alpha will have this trash on his shoulders," Larissa appeared behind her son, her lips curling upward and her upper lip wrinkling toward her nose in pure disgust.
"He’s not even an Alpha. I’m not sure he’ll ever win the Alpha title. He’s screwed. His luck is gone," Sullivan added.
As the two walked away, I kept thinking about their words.
I’m definitely not going to marry Kaidon.
Even though Kaidon had shown remorse and tried his best to be honest on the stand, I still couldn’t look at him without being reminded—traumatized—by that night.
And then there was Penn. The offer he made sounded a lot better than marrying Kaidon... or that old man.
"You’re going to marry Kaidon?" Vani asked, lifting her head from her books. Even the question in itself was so weird to . I would never marry any of those losers for any punishnt.
"No," I answered honestly.
"You shouldn’t. What those Alphas did was wrong. They deserve punishnt, not a mate like you. That would be a gift."
The fact that Vani didn’t care what the trial said or what her mother thought—and that she believed —made feel sothing I hadn’t felt in a long ti: a sense of peace.
"Thank you," I said to her, and she lit up, getting out of bed to co sit beside .
"Of course. We’re sisters," she frowned, then sighed. "Please choose that man who ca to our house asking about you. I know it might be wrong, but... could it be that you two might fall in love?" she pouted, surprising . She didn’t even know Emt was my mate, but she thought we looked good together.
"He’s my stepbrother," I reminded her, raising a brow.
"No, he isn’t—at least not yet. Anyway—what are you reading?" she asked, peering into the book. I gave her a small nod, and she picked it up, flipping through the pages.
"It’s a book on Soren Vaughn. The man who never had a wolf. Everyone used to say he was an oga or sothing. It’s crazy—his adventures are all in here, but there’s no detail about what kind of wolf he ended up having to go on those adventures," I explained, and she stared at the drawings of his tattoos.
She stopped at a black-and-white hand-drawn picture of him.
"Look, the gray pattern in his eyes—it looks just like yours," she laughed, pointing at the ticulously drawn pattern.
"And those tattoos look like the moles behind your neck," she added, quickly brushing my hair aside and holding the book next to my neck to compare.
"Damn, they really do look the sa," she gasped.
"Yeah, well, I guess all werewolves without active wolves look the sa and have similar moles," I said, laughing and gently taking the book from her hands.
She laughed with for a while. We talked about her school before she went out to grab a tray of food for both of us. Her mother was getting angry about her eating with , but Vani didn’t care.
She was more confident and stronger than I was at her age. Maybe it was because, no matter how loud her mother yelled, Vani knew they wouldn’t hurt her physically the way they hurt .
anwhile, I held my phone in my hands and stared at Emt’s number. I had been told to be careful and not write anything in a text that could be used against later.
If anyone found out I was having an affair with my stepbrother, they’d tell Alpha Diaz, and he’d lock up to make sure I had no chance of stopping the marriage with Kaidon.
So I had to co up with a gentle and sneaky way to tell Emt about my decision.
: Hey, I’ve been thinking about everything, and I think I’ve made my decision.
It was like he’d been holding his phone, waiting—because he read the ssage almost the second I sent it.
Professor Emt: Please tell it’s good news.
I smiled while typing.
: I’ll attend your classes—only yours.
His response told he understood exactly what I ant.
Professor Emt: Thank you so much. I’ll prepare all the notes and make sure you’re satisfied with my lessons ;)
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