Chapter 29

July 20^th - five months before Cato becomes Alpha

Cato’s point of view

Three weeks after my fight with Elias, my parents released me from house arrest. Jess, however, had lost her freedom permanently. She was an only child and since her first escapade with me, had been living under constant supervision. Returning home high and stinking of weed after our night in the woods only added fuel to the fire and a couple of days ago, they discovered I had been walking her to and from school and I received a text informing me her father would be escorting her instead. There was also a part about staying out of their daughter’s life and never speaking a word to her again, but that was irrelevant to me.

“How long is this going to last?” I asked as we lay on the grass in the playing fields. 

It was fourth period and we were supposed to be in math class, but we’d much rather spend our time gazing at the drifting clouds