Chapter 0285
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1 caught wind of a couple of girls speaking at the table next to mine. I took riote of how the girls interacted with one another. The way one of them had her leg bouncing and the other kept tapping her fingers on the table. Every little detail mattered because it could help when it counted the more. The competition didn’t start in the pit, it started the second the plane landed in this country.
Every moment was part of the competition, and I had to be careful with what I did and who I spoke to.
I felt a presence beside me and when I turned, I froze
Theo was seated beside me. He had a grin on his face as he looked down at me and my stomach twisted. I knew he was going to be a problem these next few weeks.
“What are you doing?” I asked in a whisper.
He grabbed the nameplate off the seat and showed it to me my eyes grew wide when I realized that was his seat. Of course, it was, I shouldn’t have been surprised that this was my luck.
So, are you seeing anyone?” He asked against my ear, making me instinctively pull away.
“That’s not any of your concern,” I told him, avoiding his gaze.
“Well, what if I wanted to take you out?” He asked, that grin never leaves his face.
He was so full of himself.
“I don’t date the competition,” I told him, my eyes narrowed as I finally looked up to meet his eyes. He was sitting way too close to me for my comfort.
I heard something slamming and shattering across the room, making much of the room, including me, jump. I turned to see Gavin standing with the eyes of his wolf shining. He smashed his plate. Food was everywhere on the table; even the other Lycans were staring at him, their mouths agape.
The only one who wasn’t looking at him was Alpha Levi. He was sipping on his wine with a smug look on his face. Had he said something to Gavin to make him angry? The room had fallen so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
“What’s going on?” Theo asked.
“I’m not sure,” I replied, my heart in my throat. Gavin wasn’t looking at me, more like staring at the room as a whole. He looked down at his plate and muttered something, keeping his tone low enough that not even I could hear him.
He turned and stormed out of the room without a single lock. My chest tightened. I had a strange urge to follow him to make sure he was okay or didn’t get himself in any trouble. He was clearly mad about something, and it disrupted the entire room.
A couple of staff members came to clean up the mess and replace his food. The other Lycans started to talk amongst themselves at Gavin’s outburst. Shortly after, the food for the rest of us started to get served, making the entire room smell delicious,
I knew I wasn’t going to be able to eat… at least not until I made sure Gavin was okay. 1
“Excuse me a moment,” I said to the table as I stood. “I need to use the restroom.”
They nodded as I walked away. Once I got near the door, I started to speed up. I pushed through the door and stumbled into the hallway, I looked around, frowning. Where could he have gone?
As I walked down the hallway, the silence started to feel eecle. It was deliberate.
#25 BONUS:
Chapter 25
It made me freeze all together; was someone watching; me
Before I could speak, I felt a hand grabbing my wrist. I spun around, my heart in my throat as I pulled into the nearby closet and pressed against the wall. I not only recognized the scent but also the body pressed up against me.
“G…Gavin?” I asked.
“Oh, you remembered my name,” he sneered, his lips brushing gross my earlobe as he nipped at it. I wiggled beneath him, trying to get myself free, but it only made him press into me that much stronger.
‘Gavin, let me go,” I demanded.
“Why should? So, you can go off with my Mr. Boy?” He seethed; I could hear the anger and hatred in his tone, and it made me freeze.
Was that why he was upset? Because Theo was talking to me? Was Gavin actually jealous?
“You’re lucky I didn’t kill him right then and there,” he growled; his tone was low and deadly, sending a chill up my spine.
He brushed his lips across the nape of my neck; I thought my heart was going to beat right out of my chest with how fast it was beating.
“If I ever see his hands on you again…” he started to say, his voice raspy as he brushed his lips across mine. “I’ll make sure it’s the last thing he does.”
