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41

EVE - I stumbled up to my dorm room, sobbing uncontrollably. The whole damn situation was crushing me, and I needed to escape the chaos. I had to make this better. I was clearly the only one that could. I changed clothes, putting on the typical frat shirt and jeans I always wore to this. It brought me a small measure of comfort, smelling him after these tense situations. Sadly, they also often coincided with having to bail him out of jail. Grabbing Kha's credit card, I headed to the station. At the station, the officer told me I could bail Kha out, but I wasn't listed for Drake. I begged the officer, telling him I had the same effect on Drake as on Kha. I poured every ounce of sincerity and urgency into my plea, my voice cracking as I started to cry. Finally, he relented and allowed me to bail them out. I used Kha's credit card for both. When they came out, they were already eyeing one another. Drake's cast was wrapped back up with ace bandages. I snapped. "You know what? If

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DRAKE -Emory wouldn't stop whining, his anxious energy reverberating through my mind. The need to see Eve was overwhelming, and before I realized it, I was already at her door. Thankfully, despite being a Bane, Marley could see the desperation in my eyes and let me in without many questions. Now, I was sitting in a holding cell at the station while Kha raised hell in the one beside me. His shouts and curses echoed off the cold, dirty walls. I finally snapped. "Shut the fuck up and sit down." "Fuck you!" He punched the wall, the crack of knuckle against cinderblock sharp enough to make me wince. "We wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. I was trying to walk away, you know." The intercom crackled to life. Both our names were called. I blinked, totally caught off guard. Eve must've gotten a hold of my dad. Great. This was going to be a fantastic ass-chewing. Seeing her waiting for us outside, arms crossed, was a blow to the ego. Worse than that? Finding out that her bailing me o

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EVEI got up and made breakfast for both of them. They were getting along a little better, which made me happy, but I knew it wouldn't last.I sat at the bar at the end, with Kha and Drake flanking me, both facing each other like opponents circling. "So, you two grew up together, obviously. Like your whole life. It sounds like you even got along at one point. Why so much hatred now?"Drake leaned back and looked away. He didn't meet my eyes. His gaze flicked toward Kha. "Well, I'm not going to say it." He paused, then exhaled. "Dad was always in my ear about the Banes tainting me, so we started getting into fights around puberty... then there was a girl. She played us both in high school and made total fools out of us. After that, that was pretty much the end of any type of friendship."Kha snorted, shaking his head. "That's a colorful recounting, but yeah, the general details are there, I guess."I shifted toward him. "Well, if you wanted it told your way, you should have said i

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KHA - Vance was losing his damn mind while I was trying to shower. He hated everything about this situation, but what could I do, really? I was here because of him. He was what made me an alpha. "You need to get a grip, Kha." "I'm trying, Vance." I let the hot water cascade over my shoulders. "But it's not exactly easy with you pacing around like a caged animal." "I'm not the one who let things get this messed up. You couldn't even tell who that black-haired girl is. How drunk were you? Drake wouldn't have had the chance had you not given her an opportunity." I cracked my neck. The heat of the water did nothing to calm the rising anger. "I know she's a wolf, but her pack is a mystery. She's not local. That much is clear." "You think that's a coincidence? Think he got a shot just because you were distracted? Come on, man. That shit's got setup written all over it." I didn't want to consider it, but hell, anything was possible. "It's not like I can rule it out. Everything's so dam

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EVE -He was relentless, and I couldn't stop. I could tell he was too far gone, lost in the intensity. After making me cum for the third time, his breathing turned ragged, his teeth sinking into his lower lip. I pushed up on my knees, and he moved with me. This was a new position for us, and he was frantic, almost desperate. As he leaned down over my back, his thrusts never lost rhythm. "Don't freak out." I glanced back, catching the edge of panic in his glowing red eyes. He was barely holding it together, fighting not to shift. While touching me. While still inside me. I panicked. I shot up to the headboard. He dropped back on his heels, breath shaky, eyes burning. The look on his face wrecked me. He shook his head, completely defeated. He crawled up slowly, closing the space between us. "It always happens when I'm close. Nothing is different. I just closed my eyes before. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you by showing you." My whole body trembled. Fear, adrenaline, raw ner

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DRAKE - Seeing her agree to go with him, knowing what they were about to do, was unbearable. Emory howled inside my head louder than he ever had before. As their sounds grew louder, the echoes carried through the house. I looked around the rental, spotted Eve's headphones on the table, and remembered the bottle of wine in the fridge. Why not? I grabbed both and stepped onto the back porch. I connected my phone and blasted the loudest metal I could find. I needed the noise to drown out everything. Them, Emory, and whatever was clawing at my chest. I poured a glass of wine and downed it fast. Poured another. I dropped into a chair and tucked my casted arm against my chest. The pain was sharp and constant. I wasn't about to admit it to anyone. Eventually, the music was all I could focus on. The pressure inside me settled just enough. I smelled her before I felt her hand on my arm. Opening my eyes, I found her standing above me with that look on her face again. She reached down and

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EVE - The world seemed to close in around me as I watched the police car drive away with Kha in it. I could hear him kicking and screaming even as they turned at the end of the street. They weren't taking him to the school station. They were taking him to the county jail. This was real. Terrifyingly real. There was no way he did what they said he did, but a sinking feeling clawed at my thoughts. It had to be the black-haired girl. Drake picked me up as my legs gave out. I collapsed on the driveway. He carried me inside the house, cradling me like I was breakable. I was losing it. Spiraling. He didn't seem to know what to do either. He just sat on the couch with me curled in his lap, his good arm wrapped tight around me, the cast tucked against my ribs while I melted down in his arms. I sobbed into his chest for what felt like forever. I couldn't stop it. The tears poured from somewhere too deep to reach. After ten straight minutes of this, he finally shifted. "We need to call h

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KHA - Getting dragged out of the rental and tossed into the county jail like I was trash felt like a nightmare. Every step they took came with contempt. Each movement shoved me deeper into a reality I couldn't escape. Vance screamed inside my head, his panic exploding in all directions. "This is real! We're going to be in a cage for a long time!" The backseat of the police car felt like it was closing in. "Shut up," I muttered under my breath, trying not to lose it completely. "Panicking is only going to make this worse." "They're treating us like criminals! We can't stay here! We can't be locked up!" His voice clawed through my head with frantic, feral intensity. I squeezed my eyes shut and gritted my teeth. "I know it's bad. But we have to keep it together. Just stay calm." My heart pounded, each thump loud in my ears. The ride felt like it would never end. Each turn, every bump, dragged the seconds out longer. My wrists were cuffed tight behind me, twisted at an unnatural

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EVE -Three agonizing days passed before we were finally allowed to see Kha. Somehow, Drake and I managed to attend classes. Every time I stepped out of a lecture, he was there waiting, no matter where his own classes were. The StClaire pack stayed nearby. I noticed them trailing me, watching from benches or corners. I didn't mind it this time. I found it comforting. As I left my psychology lecture, I spotted Drake against a wall. His eyes lit up when he saw me. He pushed off and met me halfway. "Do you have a tracker on me or something?" He held up his cast. "Just good timing. This gets me out of a lot, you know." I laughed. "One benefit to it, I guess." He laughed with me. "I'm just glad I can be here for you." We walked toward my next class. Every step without him made everything worse. He didn't say much, but he stayed close, and that steadied me more than anything. The day of the visit finally came. Lori, Drake, and I waited in a sterile white room with the lawyer. Lori

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DRAKE - When Eve walked in on Amy going down on me, I wanted the earth to open up and swallow me whole. The sheer embarrassment made me wish I could disappear. It was the worst possible scenario. No escape.I had been struggling more than I cared to admit. Cuddling up to Eve over the past five days, pretending it was for her comfort, was getting harder. The need clawing at me had turned into something I didn't know how to handle. Something primal. Overwhelming. I'd never felt an urge this strong. The pull of it made my skin itch. I didn't trust myself around her anymore. I didn't trust what might happen if I got too close. If she touched me the right way. If I forgot to stop pretending.When Amy suggested a quickie between our shared classes, I gave in. It was supposed to help. A release. Nothing more. Just enough to ease the pressure without dragging Eve into it. Now, with Eve standing in the doorway, eyes wide, it didn't feel like a release. It felt like a fucking disaster.I shov

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