My eyes immediately dart to Rafe and Jesse across the room, but they’re caught up in their conversations with Jackson and Tony. “No no,” Alvez says, his voice soft and pleased. “Don’t shout for your brother, Ariel. That would be a poor choice.” I turn my eyes back to the professor as, inside me,
“The marble didn’t move,” I say, my voice solid. Tony looks down at me, perhaps wondering why I’m not sharing more, but I just stand straight and don’t look at him, hoping he holds his tongue. Good, my wolf says, though she’s laying languidly in my soul now, her eyes half-lidded in her relaxation.
My eyes go wide as I gasp, spinning to see Alvez walking down the hall, completely nonchalant. But that was no ghost, sneaking an intimate touch when my brother’s back was turned. “What is it?” Rafe asks, turning towards me. “Sorry, I uh – just saw a spider,” I murmur. “Really big one.” “Gross
“Sure,” I say, grinning at him and heading for the door, eager to see what the seamstress did to my uniform to make it fit better. Rafe starts to strip off his shirt as I pull the door open, but I’m a little shocked to see Jesse standing right there, waiting for me. He grabs me by the wrist and tu
“Okay, the question of boys aside,” Jesse says, clearly rankled by the diminutive appellation as he steps forward again, “seriously, can we trust you? This is…not a small secret.” “I swear it,” the seamstress says, her eyebrows going up and her face sincere. “Beyond the fact that I will absolutely
“You stay away from my friend,” I snap as we climb back into the elevator. “Absolutely not,” he says, his voice deadpan as the doors shut and we head down, down, down to the ground floor. I’m still panting and gross with sweat an hour and a half later when Jesse and I get back to the room, me st
Luca freezes for a moment before scowling at me and dropping his hand from my shirt, crossing his arms over his chest before he sinks back into the couch cushions, glowering. “No!” I say, throwing myself over the arm of the couch and stumbling my way to the door, my face still pale from my shock.
“Good!” he almost shouts, forgetting himself a little as he jumps off the couch and storms for the door. “So will I!” The door slams as Luca leaves and I gape after him for a moment before slowly turning back to Ben and Rafe, who stare at me. “Seriously,” Rafe says, glancing over towards the doo