Chapter 41. Doubts

SKYLA.

He looks away first and places his jacket

aside, cocking a brow at me.

“Are you alright?” He asks.

“Yeah…” I say, shaking my head.

He had reminded me of Reign, it threw me. I guess he and Aleric are twins but…

Running my fingers through my hair, I clear my head. I’m about to close the door when Royce reaches over, his arm brushing mine as he closes the door.

Focus Sky…

“So, what was wrong earlier?” He asks, looking me over before he looks away.

So cute.

“I just felt suddenly sick and sluggish. I don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ”

It was strange.”

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don’t know.” I frown, it does sound weird… ” It was strange.”

“Yeah… You’re a werewolf, unless there was

something in your system you wouldn’t have fell ill so suddenly.” He says, and I

can’t help but appreciate the slight pause

before he said the word werewolf.

He is still being careful around my own family. He has a point, even if we get ill,

there’s a reason and we recover far faster

than normal.

“Yeah… but everything was fine. Classes finished, then I ran into Rivers and then went to Aleric’s office for detention. Nothing weird even happened.”

“Right… I actually came down to check up on you, since you said you weren’t well, but since I’m here, mind if I take a bit of blood to run it through some tests? Because that doesn’t sound normal.”

“What kind of tests?” I say as we enter the

lounge and all eyes turn to us.

Ahren tilts his head, munching slowly on a chip, whilst the quintuplets instantly shift to

hostile mode. (1)

Jayce’s eyes are calculating, Theo and Ares are frowning, Carter has his eyebrows raised, and even Renji’s smile has faltered.

“Guys, he’s my trainer. Stop staring at him, even if he is pretty handsome.”

Carter nods his agreement, and Royce raises an eyebrow.

“Nice to meet you guys.” He says, just as the TV signals the end of round one.

as I gaze at the TV

“Shit, we missed it!”

Jayce offers broodily. “But

He overexerted himself straight

underestimate him.” I say.

I pick up a plate for Royce. “What would

fine… As for the test, it’s just to see if

and it’s obvious he doesn’t want to say much more

holler at me when the break is over.” I say, before jerking my head at the door and

to the kitchen,

a sample of my blood is

a slice and bites into it, placing the bag

true.” He says with a faint smirk, which makes me wonder if he’s serious or joking. “But I promise, I’ll

take the blood

“I trust you, Royce.”

trust anyone so easily.” He replies quietly, taking another bite of his pizza. Why the hell does

so you got something you can

ask him.

“Actually, no…”

might have

looking for, and I take out one of the empty vials that I would use for

body.

need to make some more

Dad cleared

return to the kitchen and take

to appreciate that ass before

out

I say smoothly, “Open

some blood into it.

lid off and I let my fangs out, piercing my thumb deeper than I meant to, and quickly step back to save

murmurs, taking hold of my hand and pressing his thumb over my cut firmly, stopping the

too busy, lost in that gorgeous face, although blood continues

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not.” He says, tugging my hand

thumb in his mouth.

Fuck.

light as

along the cut, making

my

back, and my thumb slips from his mouth, brushing his lips,

“Ah, Alpha saliva-”

I finish

of my hand and grabbing the lid for the vial. “I’ll have

there is, in fact, something in your

how would anything get in my blood?” I ask, walking over to

to focus on the

you eat or drink

to say

on the council, I won’t forget the fact that he did try to poison Rafael once.’ Grandad Elijah’s words from

apple does

do need to be

suddenly feel uneasy?

and I glance at him, looking at the blood that covers

Focus Sky.

get rid of the horrible thoughts that have now crossed my mind. I do need to be

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