Page 176 of A University of Betrayal

Nash looked from me to Emely again.

“ButIdo.” His expression darkened. “If my father finds out about this, I won’t have a chance to stop anything.”

He let go of my arm, completely transfixed by the sight of the two of them.

I couldn’t look at them anymore without wanting to do something. Just the thought of someone flirting with her like that, someone who wanted to marry her as if she were...

“You want to prevent this from happening?” I asked in surprise when Nash’s words had finally sunk in.

“I won’t let Father restrict Emy any further. She’s not his puppet, and by now she’s old enough to decide for herself what she wants.”

I was surprised. Nash had changed enormously, but in one aspect he was still the guy he used to be.

“You know how she is. She’ll sayyes.Just for Father.”

“Shit,” I muttered as reality hit me like a hard rock. “I have to stop her.”

“I have to stophim,”Nash murmured, looking at me deadpan.

We both had the same goal. Something about it was more than uncomfortable. He seemed to realize that, too, because his right eyebrow twitched uneasily before he continued.

“I don’t trust the Rolanows. The last time they were here, Alarik pissed them off, and now their Alpha wants to get what he didn’t get last time.”

Nash’s expression reached the absolute depths of darkness.

Just the fact that Alarik hadn’t gotten along with them set all my alarm bells ringing.

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“Julian, there you are. I don’t want to bother you, but...”

Bayla appeared next to me, and Nash seemed distracted by her for a moment. He looked her over from head to toe, and when she noticed, she suddenly blushed.

“You,”he said sharply, and Bayla’s posture stiffened until she tore herself away from his gaze and looked helplessly at me.

I had to grin, even though I felt sorry for her. “You smell like...nothing.”

Nash moved closer and something inside me forced me to push myself protectively in front of her, which seemed to remind Nash that our relationship was not under a good star.

I felt Bayla push me away again before she gave me a frustrated look.

“I can speak for myself.”

I took a deep breath and stepped further to the side.

This reaction had to be due to her magic connection…

“And for that matter... I am a human. And don’t worry, I won’t tell your little secret, because my memories will soon be taken away.”

Nash’s gaze was full of unease, like that of many people who realized for the first time that Bayla smelled of nothing. At least if you ignored the secondary scent of her skin.

I stared at her, holding my breath in confusion.

This chaotic morningreallydidn’t seem to be doing my mind any good.

“You’re not human,” Nash murmured, his eyes starting to glow.

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