Page 85 of Wolf Bitten

“Come on.” Lucy waved us deeper into the stadium, heading toward center field.

The entire place was crowded, and people bumped into us as they rushed to the bathroom, got something to eat or headed back to their seats before the game started.

When we reached midfield, Lucy turned onto the steps to the seats. We headed down to the fifty-yard line, close to the front row.

“Wow. How did you get these seats?” Mom asked from behind me.

Lucy snorted. “Benefits of being related to and dating the quarterback.”

“He’s the quarterback?” Dad sounded strained. “Of course he is. He’s aWright.”

I didn’t know how to respond to that, so I didn’t and followed Lucy to the front row. She took the fourth seat from the end, so I stayed close to her, not wanting any chance of getting stuck between my parents so they could gang up on me. This way, they knew when they spoke to me, Lucy would overhear.

Mom slid into the seat next to me, leaving Dad on the end. The time on the clock said fifteen minutes, and the cheerleaders rushed to the edge of the field near the band. The last time I watched a game, I’d been distracted. This time, I was able to stay in the moment, waiting in anticipation for my mate to come running out.

Soon, the band began playing, and the cheerleaders danced in rhythm with the song. Josie, in the center. Then the football players raced out with my mate in the very front, Adam and Keith at his sides.

The crowd went wild as they ran onto the field, and I knew the moment Raffe spotted me. The back of my neck tingled, and the warmth of his love filled me even more.

Running out here like this with you there smiling at me has already made this game the best fucking one ever,he linked.

Not missing a beat, he ran to the sidelines where the team would stand, but he pressed past that, and I noticed he held a shirt in his hand. He ran right up to me and winked as he tossed the shirt over the rail.

I caught it, and when I unfolded it, I realized what it was.

My heart leaped into my throat, and my cheeks hurt from how huge I was smiling.

It was his jersey.

He lifted a hand to where his mouth was behind the helmet and blew me a kiss, linking,I love you.

I love you too.I slid the shirt over my head and smelled his scent, mixed with his sweat, all over it. In other words, it was perfect.

He trotted away, and I could feel the daggers Mom and Dad were shooting at me with their eyes. But I kept my head forward, refusing to acknowledge them. I didn’t want to ruin this moment.

The original planhad been for us to leave campus and eat at a restaurant, but with the horrible traffic, we decided to go to the student center, especially since Mom and Dad needed to leave for home soon.

Even though I loved seeing them, the visit had been tense and exhausting, and with an unknown enemy lurking around, I wanted them gone as quickly as possible.

Lucy pretended to peel off from us after the game, which EEU had won, thanks to Raffe, Adam, and Keith dominating the game, lurking behind us until the three of us headed into the center.

“Should you text Raffe so he doesn’t go back to the apartment looking for us?” Mom asked carefully.

I removed my phone from my back pocket, wanting to smack myself. I hadn’t even been a wolf shifter for three days, and I’d already forgotten that, around humans, we had to keep up appearances. Even though Raffe had learned about the change of plans the moment it happened, I sent him a text, obliging my parents.

We headed to the cafeteria, which wasn’t as packed as I’d feared, and the three of us went through the line. I hated not waiting for Raffe, but I also knew that neither of us could eat like we wanted to in front of my parents without seeming more odd.

I snagged a piece of pizza and a bottled water. Mom chose a salad while Dad got a burger, and we settled at a back table.

Mom and Dad glanced at each other, and when I took a bite of my double-meat pizza, Mom exhaled loudly.

“Sky, we’re so glad you seem to be happy here.” She picked up her fork and stabbed some lettuce. “This is a great opportunity, and you seem settled, but to be frank, we’re worried.”

Okay, so this was happening and probably the real reason they’d wanted to eat here—to get me alone before Raffe joined us. “Why? I have friends for the first timeever, my grades are solid, and I have Raffe.”

“He’s the main reason we’re worried.” Dad interlaced his fingers. “We never heard of him until a week ago, and suddenly, he’s in yourbedroomwhen we show up in the morning. His own mother says you two areengaged, and he brings you a jersey, pretty much claiming you in front of everyone. Whatever this is, it’s not healthy, especially with him being a Wright.”

My head snapped back. “AWright?You mean the son of the man whose feet you almost fainted at before you realized the connection?”

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