Cover Up

The rest of the night I continue to flirt with Nate even though I quickly realize Violet was right.

I've known Nate for so long that he feels like family, even though he's so physically graceful all of a sudden. I don’t think I could ever see him as anything other than Sickly Nate.

I tell both of them everything that has happened since I decided to steal Theo’s wallet and maybe I spend too much time talking about how perfect he is because they both roll their eyes a few times.

"I'm being serious! He even let me keep his mother's ring," I tell them and raise my hand to show them. Violet gasps in complete surprise and leaps at me almost tackling me to see it, "Only because my finger is too fat, but still. I wouldn't give any stranger anything that belonged to my dead mother."

"Luna Lidia's ring, holy fuck," Violet murmurs as she looks at it, "It looks simpler than I expected, isn't Alpha Robert like a bazillionaire? This looks cheap."

"Yep, I don't know what the story is there," I shr