Chapter 297
LUCIAN
It was our last night in this place. It was a regular party out here in the fucking middle of nowhere. Everyone was happy, eager to go back to school.
For me, well, I was neutral. Or maybe I wasn't.
The truth was I didn't want to go back. At least not yet.
I wanted to spend a day. Or two. Or three here.
The reason? Well, it was pretty obvious wasn't it?
Willa.
Here I could be close to her. Here she couldn't do her disappearing act because no matter how far she ran, I would always find her.
It was a different case in Worchmount. Top many buildings. Too many classrooms. Too many places where she could hide in.
And of course there would be Theron, a regular thorn in my flesh. I had almost gone half crazy when she had said that thing about him kissing her good. Just thinking about it now made me want to plant my fist in his face.
"Drink?" a voice spoke up from behind me.
Something touched my arm. I put out my hand to take the offered can of beer, hardly sparing a glance at the person giving it out.
"Nice party, isn't it?" the guy said, obviously referring to the talking, laughing, dancing students.
I grunted in response. He thankfully took the hint and didn't bother to draw me into conversation anymore. I tipped my head back and took a swig of the cold beer.
How did it happen? I asked myself. How had Willa gotten so goddamned deep into my system?
Another question was when had it even happened? Was it the first time I had laid eyes on her? Or maybe the first time I had kissed her?
Now she was almost all I thought about. She had done something to me. That was for sure. Something no other girl had done.
And then there had been the sex...
I frowned into the fire as I thought about it. Passionate, mind blowing sex. Completely different from the many times I had engaged in that pleasurable activity.
Perhaps it had been the mate bond between us that had made what happened that night in my tent much more... intense. The bond shit had to be what was messing with my head.
I raised my head to look around for Willa. Only I really didn't have to look.
I just sort of... homed in on her. I could do that no matter where she was in a room or a space. No matter how many people she had around her.
I could be talking or working or doing something that needed all my attention and yet I was always able to pinpoint her exact location. It was weird, really. Unsettling.
Willa was dancing around a larger bonfire with a group of five. They had their arms linked and were dancing in a circle.
Her hair had grown a little longer. Now it whipped and curled around her head. The music stopped. Still grinning, she took a sip out of the red plastic cup she held.
A gust of wind blew the hem of the loose gown she wore around her thighs. With the firelight as a backdrop and a flush on her cheeks, she looked so beautiful. More beautiful than the first time I had seen her.
As I watched, she said something to the boy next to her. He grinned.
She looked away from him and right at me. Her smile froze on her face when she caught me looking.
Roses bloomed in her cheeks. She turned away at once.
Turned her back on me and went to stand with a group chatting just as the group around the bonfire resumed dancing. I heard a crackle as my fists clenched around the beer can.
Why did Willa always have to do that? Why did she keep avoiding me like I had some kind of disease?
Was it because she was shy or did she feel guilty for having sex with me?
"Screw that," I mumbled.
The sex had been great. I was willing to bet everything I had that she had enjoyed it. That she would even want a repeat of it.
Besides she knew I had broken up with Naomi so there was really nothing to feel guilty about. Nothing except...
I frowned as this disturbing thought came- Could it be that she was being loyal to Theron? Maybe they were really a couple and she felt bad for cheating on him.
I flung the half empty beer can at my feet. I heard a startled exclamation as it's contents splashed on the feet of the person next to me.
I didn't even spare him or her a glance. I got up and headed straight for Willa.
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