Chapter 16: "Goodbye and Good luck."

“I was only messing with her.”

Alora’s voice is low and meek, but maybe that’s just because I'm outside the room and plastering my ear to the door. Regardless of that, I should be able to hear what’s going on inside the room. I am a werewolf.

Alora and Caelum’s voices die out almost immediately after that and I let out a low groan because, why?

Why did I let him in there to speak with her alone?

I mean it was obvious they knew each other, or rather he knew who she was, and if he knew who she was then she probably knew who he was too.

Otsana chuckles in my head and I shoot her a glare because I'm rambling now, and I'm overreacting, and she’s finding it funny.

Caelum could know Alora for any number of reasons. Maybe she was secretly working for him too and she didn’t tell me that.

I feel a swear word line my lips at the thought of that but I push it down. This is all paranoia, and I can't be paranoid, not now.

They’re just in there, two adults, having a normal conversation.

I walk back