Semua Bab Till Death Do Us Apart: Bab 21 - Bab 23

“You’r– you’re my mate?” Raven stutters, the beating of her heart erratic, the expression on her face reflecting just how stunned she is.“You heard our damn wolves,” Royce smirks, pulling the seat and dropping into it. He leans back into the chair and crosses his arms under his chest, a gentle teasing smile on his face.Raven looks down at her trembling fingers on the table. It never crossed her mind that there was a possibility for her to get a second chance mate. What does she do? Her wolf is bubbling with joy but the human side of her is drowning in a cauldron of despair.She cannot be with Royce, she doesn’t want to be with anyone. Not now, she still needs to find out what happened to Draco. She has to get her closure, she deserves it. She’s spent years living like his broken widow. She deserves to know why he gave her a world of joy and then suddenly tossed her into a world of pain.A mate will only be a distraction. There’s no way she can handle this now.She looks back at Ro

[I want you at the dance tonight. There’s a few people I want to introduce you to. Linda’s already on her way with a dress for you.]Raven frowns at the text message on her phone, her brows creasing together. She stares at her backpack she had already packed on her bed.She intended to pull an all-nighter at the lab tonight to make swift progress in her work but now she has to be at the party. If Professor McCall is taking the time to send her a dress himself, then it’s quite important to him that she’s there.She scrolls through her contact and dials Scott’s number, remembering he had asked her to be his plus one to the party. While she technically doesn’t want to be his date or anything special to the dance, having someone she can talk to at the party will allow her to blend in easily.Social gatherings are not really her thing, not without Draco anyway.“Hey Raven, how’re you doing?” Scott’s voice comes from the other end of the phone.“I’m good. Still going to the dance tonight?”