“No, what?”“Showing them you don’t care. Let’s go.”I stood and put out my hand. She grabbed it like it was a life vest, and stood and walked out of the bathroom with me.As soon as we were outside, I felt faint again. My stomach was clenching with nausea, my head ached, and my shoes were pinching
I didn’t reply, but my body tensed, waiting for the confrontation.But Hunter ducked his head slightly and spoke again.“I guess that’s not really the point right now,” he said. “Anyway, Kara, Maya just went to the bathroom, but I feel like it’s taking longer than it should. Can you please go check
The shrieks were lost at first in the sound of breaking glass. But the glasses and shards came to rest on the floor, and the screaming continued.Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed the woman in silver slinking out the front door, quietly. Why would anyone leave right now, when people clearly nee
Hunter and Maya were here.And they looked every bit the couple.She was radiant, in a gold dress. It was a sheath style in glimmering fabric, and fit her perfectly, just skimming over her curves. I swallowed a brief, vain bit of jealousy. It was exactly the kind of style of the dress I’d wanted to
I made myself stand up straight and told myself not to fix my hair yet again. It was time to walk into the venue for the Alpha Ball, and I wasn’t feeling at all confident.I was very quickly nearing the expiration date on my secret.The day Hunter had asked me to chaperone Maya at the Alpha Ball, I’
I looked at his face. There were lines around his mouth and under his eyes. Telling me this was costing him something. At least he wasn’t going to skip off into the sunset with her and forget I’d ever existed. At least, it didn’t seem like that was how he felt.I nodded, slowly.“Okay,” I replied. “