Page 107 of Stitches

“It won’t matter. He won’t notice,” Asylum said as he led me away. “He’s inside his own panic right now.”

That didn’t make it bother me any less. I felt like I needed to be there to help him.

“Your next class is a history course,” Asylum continued. “Sin is in that class. Well, he is when he shows up. Lucky for you, he’ll be there today.”

I swallowed hard at that information.

Asylum led me into the history building and upstairs. Outside the door to my class Sin leaned against a wall. His hair was shorter and shaggier now. He was thinner. I hadn’t taken a lot of time to study him in the light, but now I was as we drew closer.

“Don’t panic. He won’t hurt you, firefly,” Asylum said, pulling me to a stop in front of Sin who pushed off the wall, his gray eyes skirting over me.

“What’s going on?” Sin demanded.

“Brought you a gift, Sinclair.” Asylum gave me a little shove toward him. “Rinny.”

I snapped my head to look at him, taking in the familiar childhood name.

He gave me a wink.

“Your boy Stitches was having a meltdown and Ashes had to step in. Church is in his therapy session and Cady Cat is getting fucked in the auditorium, so that means this little princess needs an escort and since you both share this class, it only made sense. That’s fate, isn’t it?” Asylum cocked his head.

Sin narrowed his eyes at him. “Whatever.”

“You know the rules,” Asylum said. “Just don’t follow all of them. Talk to her. It’ll be weird if you’re both silent. I very much doubt Stitches is going to feel better by the time classes are over for the day. This is your last class, but it isn’t hers. Make sure she gets where she needs to be.”

“And where the fuck will you be?” Sin demanded.

“I’m like the wind, baby. I’m everywhere.” Asylum cackled before leaving us alone.

I was nervous. I couldn’t believe the guys were OK with this. I’d been terrified thinking they’d kill Sin if they knew he’d brought me home that night. In the end, I didn’t want to focus on it because I was worried about Stitches. Once I got through this, I’d go to him and hold him. I’d just have to suck up any of my fear I had at the entire situation and hope Sin didn’t kill me. So far, he hadn’t, but my trust wasn’t great with him.

“Come on,” Sin muttered, nodding his head.

I followed him into the classroom and took my seat. Surprisingly, he sat beside me without saying a word. The Sister came in and began droning on like she always did. I simply sat and absorbed everything she said and quickly did my assignment before handing it in. Sin did nothing, opting to just twirl his pencil between his fingers, his gaze set straight ahead of him.

When class was over, he waited for me to get up before he followed me out into the hall and walked me to my next class. I hesitated at the door, not sure what to even do as he leaned against the wall next to the class.

He finally looked over at me.

“I’ll wait,” he said gruffly.

I contemplated my next move for a moment, deciding he didn’t get a nod from me, and went into the room. By the time my last class was over, I was more than ready to get home to see Stitches.

Sin was standing where I’d left him and fell in step with me all the way to the courtyard.

“Sirena! Hey! Wait up!” Cady shouted.

I stopped, Sin beside me, and waited for her to catch up. She arrived with a dark-haired guy at her side who could rival the watchers in size.

Immediately, he gave me bad vibes. Maybe it was the way he stared at me with his near black eyes. Handsome yes. Scary, absolutely. I even shrank away from him and closer to Sin without realizing I was doing it until my hand brushed against his.

It was the quick brush back that made my heart jump into my throat.

“What’s this?” Cady asked, looking to Sin. “Do the guys know you’re with her? Where are you taking her?”

“They know,” Sin said with zero emotion on his face.

Cady frowned at him while the guy with her kept staring at me.

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