Kai’s POV
When I find out that North Academy has been closed indefinitely, I know I have to look for Sara. I need to know where she is.
I wish I’d never left the school. It was my parents’ idea to bring me back home even though I was recovering well in the infirmary. I didn’t even get a chance to see her before I left. And now, I can’t go back to campus.
On the third day after I get back home, I’ve recovered enough to move around. Which is why I’m going looking for her, asap.
First, I call Christian. He should know where she was transferred to. Unfortunately, his phone is off.
Good thing River’s End is only half an hour away. I get my bike and out of the house without running into my motherthank God, because she’d try to keep me in the house and I’m not in the mood to argue.
I’ve been good enough for the past three days, taking my medicine and lying around while they drill me about that night. There wasn’t much to say about it.
The attack was too quick. One second, I was confronting Viola about what she had put in my drink. The next, countless rogues jumped out of the forest and ambushed us. It must have the alcohol or the music, but I didn’t sense their approach like I should have.
Viola was killed right in front of my eyes, and for a second, I was too stunned to initiate my shift. That second of shock almost cost me my life, because that’s when a huge black rogue attacked me. If Sara hadn’t come when she did, I might have bled to death.
She is my saviour. Nobody has ever saved my life before, because I’ve never been in such a life-and-death situation before.
Since that night, I’ve been regretting being an asshole towards her. There I was, planning to use our mate bond to take advantage of her, while she was using it to save my life.
If she was a self-absorbed asshole like me, she could have ignored it when she felt that I was in danger. But she isn’t, and that’s the reason I’m alive.
I’ve thought about it. I’ll give her a try. Who knows? She might surprise me. I might not be looking for a happily ever after, but I think we could be friends.
When I get to River’s End, I’m informed that Christian is out in the forest hunting birds. Poor birds.
A few minutes into the forest, I hear the sound of a shotgun going off. I go in that direction and soon come across Mr Hunter. His hobby is peculiar for a werewolf. While the rest of us enjoy the thrill of hunting in our wolf forms, he would rather use a gun.
“What do I owe the pleasure?” he asks, slinging his gun over his shoulder. He is carrying a brightly coloured grouse in one hand.
I go straight to the point. “When did you leave campus?”
“The day after you.”
“Do you know where they took Sara?”
He looks at me. “Why?”
“Why what?”
“Why do you want to know?”
“Well, for one, she saved my life.”
“Oh, yeah. That. I believe I was there too. If I recall correctly, I’m the one who carried your fat ass all the way out of the forest and to the healer.”
Who knew he was so good at sarcasm?
“Waiting for a round of thanks? In case you forgot, I saved your stupid ass just the other day.”
He seems about to say something but holds back. I wonder what he has in mind. Christian never speaks two words when one can suffice, but he always speaks his mind. What’s the sudden hesitance about?
“She left with Levi.”
It takes me a few more seconds to realise he is talking about Sara. “What?”
“You can forget about her,” he says. “Levi took her to Silver Creek. She chose him.”
“Just like that?”
It makes no sense. How quickly did she make that decision? When did she make that decision? Why didn’t she say anything to me?
Christian is giving me a penetrating stare. “Why, do you want to tell me you were serious about her?”
“Weren’t you?” I shoot back. He is right, I wasn’t serious about her. I didn’t care who she mated with, as long as I got a taste of her. But that was before.
“I mean, come on. Among the three of us, you must have been the one with the least chance of winning her over. With your reputation, a girl like her would never choose you.”
“Right, you were a much better option.”
“Did you even get to kiss her?” he asks.
I was getting to that at the party before she passed out… “No.”
“Since I got a taste before Levi swept in, I would say that yes, according to her I was a much better option.”
“What do you mean?”
“What do you think? I almost fucked her.”
My hands clench into fists, and I get a sudden urge to punch him in the face.
“Fuck, she has the tightest pussy”
“Shut up.” My steps quicken as I go past him.
“Will it make you feel better to know she gave me blue balls so she could rush to save your life?” he calls after me.
He has to be lying. Sara would never
I cut that thought right there. She would never what? Make out with Christian and mate with Levi while fielding my advances like a pro?
She almost had me fooled. From the beginning, I knew she was just like every other girl. That she was only putting up an act, and it wouldn’t take long before she quit the pretence. I can’t believe I almost convinced myself otherwise.
If that attack hadn’t happened, if we were still in North Academy, I probably would have slept with her by now.
“To be honest, I’m surprised you didn’t get anywhere with her. Losing your touch, Beaumont?”
I turn around and face him, coming to a stop. “Did she tell you she was choosing him?”
“Yeah.”
So I was the only one who didn’t get the memo. Did she forget I exist? But what’s new? From the first day I met her, she has been doing a fine job of ignoring me. Am I that inconsequential to her?
“So what, that’s it for us?”
“What do you mean?”
“If we only had her as our fated one, that means we’ll never find another one.”
He arches a brow. “And? Is that a problem for you?”
It wasn’t. It had never been. So why does it bother me now? She was just a girl I wanted to mess with. I couldn’t care less about the mate bond.
So why does it feel like I’m more pissed off about her mating with Levi and not bothering to tell me than I am about never getting to fuck her?
“Dude,” Christian says, placing a hand on my shoulder and urging me to turn around and walk on, “if I didn’t know better, I’d think you are heartbroken or something.”
I push his hand away. He is having fun taunting me, and I’m not in the mood to entertain him any further. “I need to go.”
“Not to Silver Creek, I hope.”
Why did I even come here?