Page 43 of Seduction

Barren:

What he said.

Me:

He wants me to come without Scratch, and I’m not sure how to go about it. Got any ideas on how I can leave without this being a lying situation all over again?

I wince even typing the message. Just thinking about how close Dimitri’s men came to getting their hands on her, still pisses me off.

Barren:

Just go the moment class is out. We’ve got her.

Corden:

Again, I ask…what’s going on?!

I see Haliee’s eyes travel between the three of us, and her cute little jaw ticking as she grinds it in anger.

I know she has claws, and will fight back on this if they don’t help her understand, but I also won’t take Ollie’s decision to not have her involved, lightly.

Me:

He didn’t say. I won’t know until I get there. It could be fucking anything.

Corden:

Fuck.

Barren:

What he said.

We put our phones away, and I lean over to kiss my girl’s cheek and feel her soften just a little.

“I love you, Scratch,” I tell her, and she nods.

“I know. I love you too, but it doesn’t mean I won’t stab you,” she hisses back, and I wince, pulling back into my own seat and waiting for the class to be over.

Just before the professor lets us go, I send Barren and Cord one more warning.

Me:

She’s stabby. Watch yourselves, and thanks.

Haliee

Lukas just ran out of here like a bear was on his ass, and I’m freaking the fuck out.

What was so scary to him that he went ghostly pale and then left me alone with Barren and Cord, telling me that Creed was also on his way with Torren to keep watch?

He fucking promised he wouldn’t keep shit from me anymore, yet here we are again. The urge to get the fuck away from everyone hits me like a freight train, and I start to fidget in my seat.

I already know it’s about me because it’s all they’ve been focusing on lately. Taking care of me and finding Dad.

If he’s keeping shit from me about my dad, I will fucking castrate him.

I jump up, making the decision to follow him and see what the fuck had him running out here like the devil was chasing him, but I don’t make it two steps outside the classroom we just barely entered before Barren and Cord jump in front of me, blocking my path.

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