Chapter 71

RUBY.

The day crawled by, every minute stretching longer than the last. I spent most of it locked away in the room, my mind tangled in thoughts of what Clinton was planning for me—for us.

I could sense he was hiding something, but I wanted to trust him. I wanted to believe that if something was wrong, he'd tell me.

I wished I was right.

But it wasn’t just the secret Clinton was keeping that weighed on me. I was also hiding out to avoid running into his mother. Since that tense dinner on my first day here, I hadn’t seen her or heard a word about her.

And if only things could stay that way.

But I knew that was a wild wish.

My lycan urged me to lure him into bed, and we both decided that this time, we would finally get laid. I couldn’t understand why he was taking so long to have sex with me.

All my life, I had kept my body for the other half of my soul. But meeting Clinton changed my way of thinking, made me want to throw myself at him and forget all about my mate.

And I also wanted to