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Everyone stilled in shock.

When Drew stepped off the field, the wolves, my wolves, grabbed their bags in their teeth and ran from the field in the opposite direction.

It felt like forever until we all moved, and some laughed it off.

The teacher reformed her bun on her head and rolled her eyes. She reached out a hand to help me up, and I accepted it. My insides were still shaking. What in the hell was all that?

She patted me on the back. “Wolf shifters and their mates, I swear.”

Chapter Fourteen

I didn’t see the boys for the rest of the day. Not even at dinner.

I had never been to their dorm room, but I was sure someone knew which one it was. Stevie probably did as well.

The thing was, I didn’t want to be that clingy girl who ran to find them at the moment they kept to themselves.

My chest tightened. I knew they were hiding from me but didn’t know why. Unless they blamed me for the thing with Drew.

Stevie had dinner with me, but I was distracted to the point of missing half of what she said.

What a shit friend I was.

We got back to the dorm room and I half expected to see my guys outside the door, waiting for me.

They weren’t.

I shook my head and let out a laugh. I’d kissed them but didn’t know where their room was. They’d said it was nearby, but I hadn’t asked for more information than that. I’d felt Bodhi’s need for me, pressed against my core, but didn’t have their phone numbers.

“All right, Minx,” Stevie said as she closed and locked the door to our room. “Spill it.”

“Huh?” I asked, pretending she hadn’t noticed my mind absence. I knew she had; she was too nice to say anything until now.

“Don’t huh me, miss.” I almost laughed if it wasn’t for her stern brow and steely gaze. “You are off in another world, clearly upset about something. Spill it.”

Truth was, I needed someone to talk to. Someone to look at all sides of the situation and make some sense out of everything. “I’m confused about the guys,” I admitted, letting down my walls. Stevie was a friend, my first shifter friend, and it was high time I started acting like it.

“Tell me everything.”

“Before, in the human school, no one talked to me. A few girls would say hello or something once in a while, but the boys…I wasn’t exactly turning down date offers, and now there’s Theron and Bodhi and Grim. It seems like they’re into me, and I’ve kissed two of them but…”

Stevie sat down. “First of all, human boys are intimidated by us. I think on some level they know we are predators and will eat them alive. Not that mating with humans is anything bad, but in general, they are a bit scared.”

I hadn’t considered that. Strangely enough, I’d always blamed myself for the lack of attention. I wasn’t pretty enough. Or nice enough. I didn’t flirt and make a fool out of myself in front of a boy who I had a crush on like the other girls.

“Second, you’re not the only one who has seen the way those three guys react to you. I told you they stare all the time, but I was there today during that training session. They shifted and challenged Drew. You know that, right?”

I shook my head. How in the hell would I know about males and challenges? My parents didn’t challenge each other, and they were my only glimpse into the shifter world.

“They saw Drew as a threat to your mating with them.” She put the fact out there—common knowledge among shifters, probably.

“With them? As in, all three of them could be my mates? I thought we were all destined for one mate. One fated mate.”

“In movies, sure. Reverse harems are not common, but they’re not shunned or outlawed either.”

“All three of them? How would that even work?” I blushed.

She laughed. “That’s between you and those three men. I’m sure all of you have ideas already. Hell, I would. Three strong, capable men taking care of me for the rest of my life? Sign me up.”

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