Natasha

Once again, I was behind. I had to cover up a lot. This time apart from Artemis, Duncan too helped me and that was quite a surprise. He passed me his notes on sociology, saying that they were a hundred times better than Artemis. And that was it. He didn’t once come back to check upon, unlike Artemis who started coming back with me after school, much to Apollo’s irritation. If Rita had come, I didn’t see her. As for Nicole, she joined the school on Gabe’s insistence.

It had been a week and he was still living at my place. He refused to go to his home and went to his office from here. Sometimes, his cellphone’s screen flashed his mother’s name, but he didn’t pick it up. I was feeling guilty with each passing day. I once heard him talking about mates in our backyard, and my heart wreathed so much that I walked away from there. What if he found his mate? Was his mother insisting about finding one? I also heard him growl something about Rita. I tipped my head up and exhaled heavily.

“You