Page 73 of The Wolf Prince's Mate

Her eyes widened. “What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know. Rent a hotel room in Greenview, maybe, and stick it out?”

“Will Clay let you?”

I didn’t know that, either.

He had been pretty vocal about not letting me suffer through heat anymore. And though he didn’t have any claim on me, we were still friends.

Who had screwed.

And wanted to do so again.

Wow. Yeah. What a mess.

Maybe I should’ve been angling for the screwing-both-brothers thing from the beginning, because my existing situation was a pain in my ass.

“If you disappear for three days, he’s going to realize where you are. If he doesn’t, he’s going to panic and search for you anyway.” She squeezed my hand. “Either way, you’re going to have to tell him.”

“I don’t have a phone.”

She grabbed Fletcher’s off the table and pulled up Clay’s contact, then handed it over. He glanced sideways at us, but didn’t seem to care that his woman had given me his phone. Considering how much time he spent in the forest, I doubted he was attached to it.

I typed out a quick message, biting my lip between my teeth as I did.

Fletcher

Hey, it’s Nova. I don’t have a phone right now, but I’m going into heat tomorrow. I’ll drive myself to Greenview alone and deal with it myself, so you’re off the hook. Just letting you know

Clay

Why do you have Fletcher’s phone?

Where are you?

Me

Dining hall

His girlfriend let me borrow it

K, giving the phone back

See you in a few days

I gave him a minute to answer, but he didn’t.

That was… unlike him.

My confusion thickened, so I finished shoveling food into my mouth and stood up, planning to head to my room.

“Wait.” Sydney waved me closer, so I sat back down.

She flipped Fletcher’s phone toward me so I could read the message.

Clay

Don’t let her leave

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