Chapter Twenty: Alex

I wince, but nod. I’m not sure what answer she’s looking for. Though she probably doesn’t want to hear that I slept with her cousin because I missed her so damn much. She keeps her face unreadable. Panic swallows me. Zeke feels it too. His paws pound on my head as he paces.

“Grace went back to her school yesterday. I saw her off myself,” Paige says.

Finally, she takes a deep breath and opens her mouth to say something. She mutters unintelligible words before standing up and running out of the room.

“What did I do?”

“Nothing. She just needs time. You really hurt her, but it’s more than that. Her own behavior has come back to bite her in the ass, plus her dad just died. She’s under a lot of stress,” Paige replies.

“She literally just ran from me, Paige. There has to be something I can do.”

Paige doesn’t hide her irritation with me. She gives me a scowl before leaving the table. Colin sits there with a dumbstruck look on his face. I can see him struggling with something, but right now,