TWO MATES TO LOVE

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easier after all this

e with anxiety. The memories that were once sweet now felt bitter on my tongue every

Everyone was understanding when it happened, but s

guilt still c

past, focus on the fun we can have here." He gestured toward some girls walking in front of

ow could he be so naturally obnoxious? "Maybe

d maliciously, his eyes sparkling like fire. "Do you thi

the darkest days of my life. I was punishing myself eno

ttle more like me, brother," he continued to pro

't toys for

the moment he said that. I had been looking for something to vent my

couldn't put back together. Reiner only smiled, sadistic as he always was. My heart was shattered aft

just wanted to provoke me, to make me feel the pain he felt. I couldn't ge

st I had to acknowledge my mother's efforts to make things work for me. A dorm just for me an

g back to my old dorm and reliving

es and stepping under the cold water to try and

all the excess energy running through my body-adrenaline cou

wolf in my mind aft

ted hooking up with countless girls to forget

everything happened-how painful it was to think that only a few days were left until she turned sixteen, and we would finally find out

to come back to help me now. My last

ail. It wasn't easy to just let go of all the memories I had with her here, on these same paths, i

a damn pu

coming out of the building's side alley with a girl I didn't recognize. Any idiot could tell what those depraved peo

ver be the

and continued on my way to the dorm, ignoring the two of them. He had b

airs, I ignored them and went up to the room I was used to visiting. Room

ng an eyebrow, and I just laughed. She knew me too wel

dn't like it when I beat around the bush. I had known her since we were little, consi

at few people knew and even fewer dared to speak aloud. Because of this

behind her as she stepped into the hallway. "Rowan, if you don

asy as she made it sound. It hurt, it burned like hell to think I

e," I pleaded, my breat

ving in to my request. To my relief, and to her dismay. "I think I have

appear from my sight. I was going to wait. She could have given it to me righ

e more

overcome it myself, but coming back to the academy after

ith mine. I tensed up. Who the hell was Elara hiding in her room? Was

anger drained away: vanilla and chocolate. For some unknown reason, my heart thumped hard, th

ace the person behind me, curiosity

as a

emy or anywhere else I'd ever be

eem real. Her face was softly rounded, her cheeks plump and flushed, her skin smooth and pale like por

te, but towards the ends, it turned black, though not too dark, reaching down to her

nfused. Where had she come from? How h

was sure of it. I would have remembered

e kind of monstrous animal in front of her, and bit her lips,

when I realized she was only wearing a towel in front of me. A small, white towel tha

es and a sight of her bare body, and for

tting hot

, snapping me back to her eyes bef

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red before rushing off, brushing against my arm roughly as she darted

ll was that