Tasting All My Mates

349 A1 Coming out

“What?” Maynard was the first one to react to my words. Christina gasped and covered her mouth in her hands after the shock left her speechless.

“Shit!” Lazlo instantly covered his face in his hands and mumbled some cursed words at the situation. I was now standing in front of them with my shoulders raised and my face dug down.

“I am so sorry!” | whispered, almost breaking down once again. That’s when Christina got up from her spit and ap proached me to wrap her arms around my body to comfort me.

“It is not like you did it. You were just a baby when it all took place,” she heard me tell them all about the red room and how my mother was cursing everyone around. I didn’t say the names because I knew Maynard would return to his pack soon and will find out all about it from his mother. I wonder if is that why his mother didn’t like me in the beginning. And maybe she later accepted me after she realized I have a lot of powers?

“Thank you,” I told Christina, but the others were awfully silent.

“What about the—sacrifice?” Maynard whispered. Obvi ously, they were all having that question in their mind. They wanted to know how I feel about the whole sacrifice thing now.

000* “Look! How about we go back first and calm her down? We

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can talk about these things later.” Christina held my hand and dragged me to the car and away from the boys.

there for every one. Just don’t let them call you evil or make you feel guilty over something you didn’t even do, got it?” she cupped my face and said the most calming words in a very sweet voice. I freed

bit worried about getting too closer to her because so far, whoever I found myself closer to, they

lose her

join us. That car ride was the weirdest thing ever. Lazlo hadn’t looked my way and Maynard kept stealing glances at me. I wonder

judging me or was he second-guessing his state ment when he said not everyone

car as if he wanted to escape the madness. Upon getting into the room, we found Corbin working out in the middle of the room with no shirt on

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Corbin straightened his back to welcome us. While passing a quick glance

he asked, but he

holding my hand for the first time in hours. “You guys freshen up and then we will have dinner on the rooftop,” Lazlo told Maynard and Christina while dragging me

silence until we

thinking I am so evil because my mother was evil,” |

I just want to know something,” he finally paused and walked over to me. His eyes locked with my eyes and

remember your mother cursed him?” he

I would have told him before.” I