Semua Bab My Arch Nemesis in my Bed: Bab 181 - Bab 190

They walked through past abandoned factories and empty lots where nothing grew. Maya moved like she knew exactly where she was going.“How do you know about the coven?” Jonathan asked.“I’ve been planning this for a while,” Maya said. “Since the day he chose her over me. I’ve been patient.”They reached a black SUV parked in the shadows. Maya pulled out keys and unlocked it.“Get in,” she said. “We’ve got a forty-minute drive.”Jonathan slid into the passenger seat. The interior smelled like floral that was probably her perfume. Maya started the engine and pulled out onto the empty street.“Tell me about this coven,” Jonathan said.“They lost people in the Great War just like everyone else.” Maya took a turn too fast and the tires squealed. “They blamed the Lycans and the priestesses for starting it.”“And they’ll help us?”“They’ll help me,” Maya corrected.They drove in silence for a while. Jonathan watched the scenery change from industrial wasteland to forest, tall trees pressing

“So,” Naomi said again, still leaning against the door with her arms crossed. “A tribrid.”My hands were shaking in my lap and I was staring at them, watching my fingers tremble and thinking about all the ways I’d screwed everything up.“I need to tell you something,” I said, and my voice came out so quiet I wasn’t sure she’d even heard me.Naomi didn’t move from the door. “Okay.”“I’m a terrible friend. Actually I’m probably the worst friend you’ve ever had and I don’t know why you’re still here because if I were you I would have left a long time ago.”“Lily—”“No, let me finish.” I finally looked up at her. “I lied to you. For an entire year I lied straight to your face about everything. You’re my best friend and I kept this huge secret and I watched you get hurt and I didn’t tell you why. I kept lying because I was too much of a coward to just tell you the truth, and now all this happened to you because of me. I’m so sorry, Naomi, I’m so—”I couldn’t get the rest of the sentence o

Luca closed the door and stood there with his hand on the handle for a long moment, his shoulders rising and falling as he took deep breaths.When he turned around his eyes were still gold but the murderous edge had faded slightly.“How long?” he asked, and his voice had dropped back to normal volume. “How long has this been going on?”I was still sitting on the edge of the bed where Naomi had caught me.“A while,” I admitted quietly. “The first time. After the shift.”Luca’s jaw clenched so hard I could see the muscle jumping. “Who else?”“Luca—”“Who else, Lily?” His eyes flashed brighter again. “It doesn’t matter—”“It matters to me!” His voice rose and he had to stop and take another breath. “You’re my mate and someone has been making you feel like shit in your own home and I didn’t know about it. So I’m asking you again. Who else?”I looked down at my hands. “A guard and a few of the younger wolves. But it’s fine—”“It’s not fine.” Luca crossed the room and crouched down in fron

I spent the rest of the day in my dorm room staring at my phone and watching Luca’s name light up the screen over and over again until I finally turned it face down on my desk and tried to pretend I couldn’t hear it buzzing.Naomi came by twice to check on me and both times I told her through the door that I was fine and just needed space, which was only partially a lie because I was definitely not fine but I also really did need to be alone.Jessica kept shooting me concerned looks from her side of the room but she had the sense not to push, which I appreciated because if one more person asked me if I was okay I was probably going to scream.By eleven PM I was exhausted and pissed off and seriously considering blocking his number just to get some peace, when there was a knock on my dorm room door.I assumed it was Naomi again coming for round three of the wellness check, so I rolled off the bed and yanked the door open already preparing to tell her I really truly actually needed her

Jessica came back into the room with her keys jangling and her jacket already on, and I was sitting on my bed staring at nothing because my brain had officially given up on making decisions.“Ready?” she asked, and I could tell she was trying to sound supportive but really she just looked exhausted, which was fair because it was almost midnight.I opened my mouth to say yes and then closed it again.“Actually,” I said slowly, “I don’t think I should go.”Jessica stopped mid-step. “What?”“Going there tonight won’t change anything,” I said, and I was figuring this out as I spoke. “Luca’s made up his mind. Me showing up and begging isn’t going to suddenly make him decide my father deserves to live.”“So what are you going to do instead?” Jessica asked. “Sit here and wait for them to kill him?”“I don’t know,” I admitted. “But driving to the pack house at midnight to have the same argument we already had on the phone seems pointless.”Jessica looked at me for a long moment and then sighe