“Why are you asking?” He countered; his eyes narrowed in her direction.She sucked her bottom lip into her mouth and nibbled on it gently as she thought about how to answer his question.Truth be told, she wasn’t sure why she wanted to know. Maybe to prove that the mate bond doesn’t matter. She’s no
Judy’s POVThe house was quiet when I returned home after having dinner at Gavin’s house. It was always quiet these days.The house felt so empty with my mother hiding away in her room, not a sound to be made. I put my coat on the hook and made my way upstairs. I paused outside of her bedroom door w
“I’ve known you for a while, Judy. You can’t bullshit me.”“What do you expect me to say, Ethan? That I’m not okay? That my mother is depressed and barely eats? Isn’t this what you wanted? For me to suffer? So, why are you acting like you care right now when we both know you don’t!”“Judy!” My mothe
Judy’s POV“Return the favor?” I asked, my heart falling deep into my stomach. “What are you talking about?”He cleared his throat and straightened his posture; the soft expression he wore for most of the day was gone completely and now it was a cold look that sent a chill down my spine. I instincti
But instead of answering the call, he shoved it back into his pocket, letting it ring. The ringing soon stopped, and my frown deepened.“Why do you keep ignoring that person?” I asked.“It’s not your concern,” he murmured, his eyes dark.Then, a thought occurred to me, and I found myself feeling par
Judy’s POV“That asshole!” Nan gasped as we stood in line at the campus coffee shop, waiting to take our orders. “I can’t believe he had the nerve to do that to you last night. And to involve your mother??”It was the next morning after Ethan came to see me and I just finished telling Nan about what
“Think what you want,” I murmured. “I don’t need to prove anything to you.”“Maybe you should be worried about yourselves,” Nan said, folding her arms across her chest.“Just forget about it, Nan,” I said, shaking my head. “I’m going to get to class. I’ll see you later.”I didn’t wait for her respon
Judy’s POV All the professors knew about my dyslexia?How did the dean even find out about it? All my doctors and therapists assured me that nobody outside of my circle would find out about this. I didn’t want them to start treating me differently like I was incapable. It seemed as if my fears were
“Not bad for a girl,” I heard a voice behind me. I turned around to see Theo approaching me. He had scratches on his own body, but for the most part, he was barely injured. He had sweat along his bare chest and down his torso. He had a towel wrapped around his neck, collecting sweat. He gave me
Judy’s POV Sharp nails sliced through the flesh of my cheek, making me wince as a trail of blood trickled down my cheek. I looked up to see that girl from the bathroom, Alpha Levi’s apparent daughter, standing over me with a furious look in her eyes. I let out a low growl anger flashed in my own
As the announcers went over the rules on the loudspeaker, I listened earnestly. We were not allowed to kill anyone during these matches. The only fight to the death was at the finale but until then, we had to be careful not to kill anyone or we’ll be disqualified. The first round was a free-for-al
Judy’s POV “Are you really not going to tell me why you came home so late last night? No way did that dinner end at 2 am,” Nan said, folding her arms across her chest as she watched me rummage through my clothes, trying to find the workout outfit I planned to wear for the competition. “Nope,” I t
I ran my lips across her cleavage and then I stuck my tongue out to coat her beautiful pink nipples. She gasped at the feeling, and I wanted to take it a step further and nibble on them. I bit one of her nipples, tugging it into my mouth and making her whimper. But it didn’t seem like she was in pai
Gavin’s POV I didn’t bother returning to the dinner. I didn’t need to deal with Levi and his shit. He made me lose my cool in front of everybody and now they were going to see me as a monster. That wasn’t something I wanted to deal with right now. During the dinner, I sent a text to Beta Taylor,
We remained like that for a moment longer; both silent and breathing in one another. My body trembled from the aftershock of pleasure that coursed through me. He slowly pulled out of me, making me whimper from the loss of him. He unpinned me and I slid down the wall, my body still trembling. He di
Judy’s POV Gavin kissed me gently, like his resolve was starting to break. Part of me didn’t want it to break though. I liked this side of him… I liked that he was jealous of me. I ran my fingers up the inside of his shirt, allowing my palms to brush across his smooth abs. He parted his lips as h
I caught wind of a couple of girls speaking at the table next to mine. I took note of how the girls interacted with one another. The way one of them had her leg bouncing and the other kept tapping her fingers on the table. Every little detail mattered because it could help when it counted the more.