Alpha’s Hybrid Cinderella – Chapter 14

Evan was gone all of Sunday, which meant I didn’t have to avoid him all the next day while I frantically buried myself in my studies to keep my mind occupied. I was not going to spend his entire absence dwelling on the sight from last night. He had been generous this week about giving me nearly all the space and privacy I wanted; how stupid would it be to end up distracting myself?

But Sunday had to come to an end too, which meant as I lay in bed that night, I had to come up with a game plan to make sure my inevitable next encounter with him tomorrow over breakfast would be as natural and un-awkward as ever. No big deal. I could handle it.

Or I couldn’t, and I would panic and drive to campus an hour early just to avoid running into him on Monday morning. It scarcely felt like a single hour had passed since I saw him naked in the kitchen.

be able to do anything but stutter and stare at my feet or his face the entire time if I dared to meet him again t

st I had plenty of classes today to keep

particular. Every page we flipped in the lecture notes reminded me acutely of the silhouette I’d stumbled upon in the kitchen two nights ago.

stopping it. I could only slide out of my chair to splash my face with cold water in the bathroom so many times. I had to force myself to sit through the rest of the lecture while schooling my features into absolute composed submission. Focus. Focus. Con

iled.

d for the pitcher, not to mention the bulging outline of–

s reel even while I ate lunch with Raf, and I must have absently nodded at something she said.

! Fine, tonight I’m going to make sure it’s worth it. Then you’ll see.”

n she saved me the trouble.

e can go together. You can leave your car, we’ll take mine.”

My class doesn’t finish until

ave right at half past five, to avoid the traffic. Genius! Then we can dance and hang out all night.”

om the cops.

he? Another special lecture running overtime?

but far from it being a harmless question, it made Raf’s face crumple.

guising her disappointment with expert care.

what! You two never fight.”

He’s just being a dumbass, she added sourly.

was up to me to repay my friend for the hours of entertainment and friendship she had given me. I would go to this bar she had found and we wo

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past the bouncer before I could prepare myself.

y mind.

ly having s*x on the dance floor, right in the middle of all those people.

his

r Raf, I could do it.

g. Such a bad idea, especially when she convinced me to take a sip.

sible.

g and screaming about how Leon was so cold to her lately, and I remembered comforting her with lots of pats on her face and hands. And then somehow I was screaming to

ere was

sea didn’t take long to hit me. My stomach was turning, an

to throw up if I don’t get him off my mind. Claudia, let’s get out of here!”

e and honestly had drunk only a few shots’ worth of alcohol, it wasn’t happening.

they were about to pull us into the alleyway and do whatever they thought they could get away with two young intoxicated women.

held up my hand.

can get back on our own

ly being nice.”

I clutched at the wall, disoriented by the abrupt chaos, and watched in shock as a brown wolf laid into them.

ed so easily. They too shifted, fast as lightning, and the brawl was on. Within seconds, they were grouping up on the lone brown wolf, snapping and biting. Meanwhile, my own wo

hoever was helping us, I couldn’t let them fight alone.

her wolf sprinted in and slammed into one of the dark-furred wolves ganging up on

to our rescue, and the latter one, the wolf with the golden fur, approached with an unblinking gaze.

d I realize who it w

Evan.