she slowly tried to engrain all the information she learnt to her memory. She leaned back and closed her eyes, allowing the harsh breeze coming f

phone. There were several text messages and phones calls from both Carmen a

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the library earlier and

y sus. Did smthg ha

ppened earlier in the library, she knew she had to lie. If she told them she went on a car ride with River,

but lost track of time wh

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into her pocket just as River pulled into the school parking lot. She reached

other side, moving further away from her to give more space to her. He looked

she was poisonous or something. It reminded her of the past where boys would avoid touching girls because they had cooties or whatever.

out when he notice

her back turned to River. "I appreciate your time and honesty. Also, don

thought you would slack

y about that too. After the report, we can go back to being merely acquaintances

She walked swiftly towards the cafeteria, knowing for a fact that since ev

ound at the entrance of the school. He slammed his hand against the car w

to her the entire day, he even told her everything she wanted to know. The fact that River was clueless about the reason why Lana

is car and River glanced to the sid

eep blue eyes glaring daggers at River. River straig

mean?" he l

ne. "You stink of her, River, so let me ask you again

n sat at the passenger seat, clearly irritated by Lana's lingering scent and Luis was a nervous wreck at the backseat, glancing between both Maddison and River as though they we

ld follow him around like cute puppies. He was older than them by a few months and

thing River has to a family after his real one left Rosecliff all those years ago. But a lot of things chang

ight with River and the two would often get into arguments. Poor Luis was always in the middle of their petty quarrels, trying to accommodate to both

iver with one leg propped up on the seat. Her arms were crossed around her chest and she stared

her leg. She huffed as she slid her leg down

ulder to stop her. She took a deep breath, leaning back against the door once more and r

eared with her and we thought that some

e looked through the rear-vie

are still affected by h

'm not the same kid I was bac

sual so I can't imagine how an alpha would feel being around her." Maddison

tened. "It's not like I wanted to partn

ing free period like fucking delinquents." She glared. "And you co

didn't knew you tw

h to protest but she not

sed. Completely ignoring River's statement

nterrogating him for having a girl in his car like two overbearing parents. Bu

e just

at?" Madd

gh. "What happened to p

ole life is suddenly all buddy-buddy with you! So, please stop being defensive

er gave us a proper answer. He just told us that Lana is human, but that doesn't

ut he would admit that Luis' words were true. Growing up, River had a feeling that Griffin was trying to hide something about Lana's

repeated the phase aloud. Ma

ns to smell nice to us werewolves." Ma

Ray about it, he is h

us not to." Ri

e when have you started lis

to do. His long fingers brushed her bangs away slightly and Maddison frowned from his sudden action. Before she could open her

ub the sore spot where she was certain River and his brute strength almost made a dent in her

turned off his car and tossed the key to Luis who caught it clumsily. "Coul

Sur

ed as he left, slam

outed suddenly, cau

eally hurt? Should we g

her chest was hurting more than her forehead. She hated seein

ons seemed to enjoy gathering around that human girl and for 6 years Maddison had tried her best to understand why. Griffin an

ge. He bit his bottom lip as he tried he best not to laugh at sight of how red her forehead was. He pulled his hand away almost immediately and his small momen

ally kill Lana D