When I sat down with my meal, I slid off the loveseat and onto the floor. Rowan looked at me weirdly, but I put my food on the table and ignored his look as I ate.
I felt him shift closer, and I wanted to pull away. I don’t know what he was playing at. If he just liked the attention or what, but I didn’t enjoy being toyed with. But I wasn’t going to give him the satisfaction of knowing he was bothering me.
Sooner or later, he would have his mate, and I would fade from his mind.
It might not be what you are thinking, Amy.Megan tried to comfort me.Not everyone is like Vince and Brandon.
All I could do was nod. In my head, I knew that. But with everything that happened in my first life. I wasn’t going to trust any man. They would have to prove their intentions with action.
And Rowan proved that he wasn’t really interested in me.
Again, the thought made me want to cry. I couldn’t understand why I was so emotional today.
My phone rang when I had that thought, and I checked the caller ID. It was my mom.
I answered. “Mom?” Her sobs hit me in my chest and I closed my eyes. “Mom, what’s wrong?”
“Your father is gone, baby.”
“What?” I just talked to him. What did she mean he was gone?
“There was an attack today, and the pack was wiped out.” The words hit me in my chest. She didn’t know the truth and I couldn’t tell her over the phone, either. Fuck. “Come home. I need you to come home.”
“I can’t leave mom.” I whispered the words. I could feel everyone’s eyes on me. “No one is allowed to leave school without an armed guard now.”
“Then I’m coming to you.”
“I moved out of my dorm.” I explained that some of us were being moved to the apartment building. “Come here, mom. I’ll tell Sterling to send you up to my apartment.” People would know soon enough that I moved in here. But I didn’t want them to know I was in the penthouse. No one but the ones in here would know.
“Okay baby. I’m on my way.” Her sobs ripped my chest open as she hung up. I looked down at my phone for a moment, a little lost. The silence that followed was deafening.
I looked up, surprised when I found everyone’s eyes on me. “Sorry, my mom is heading this way.”
Toya stood and collected all the garbage and brought it into the kitchen. “Let’s go ladies.” Toya called as she dumped everything into the trash.
“What?” Wendy called out as she stood.
Toya stepped out of the kitchen and looked back at me. “I don’t know how long we have, but Amy is about to have a very hysterical woman who lost her mate in her hands.” Toya gave a soft smile. “She gets to explain to her devastated mother that her dad is still alive and then she is going to have a very livid Luna on her hands.”
“Oh fuck.” Hanna jumped up. “No offense Amy, I don’t have the ability to deal with a distraught Luna that might rampage at any moment.”
I just nodded. “Yeah. It won’t be pretty.” I stood and smiled. “Honestly, it’s fine. We can work out all the details tomorrow about training and figure out a time that works for everyone.” I looked around as everyone stood. “Can you all meet me in the cafeteria at seven thirty tomorrow morning?”
“That works for me.” Wendy stood and walked to the door.
Everyone else nodded as they headed that way. I walked everyone to the door. “Make sure you bring your schedules.” I turned to look back at Rowan, who was still seated on the loveseat, but I turned back to the girls. “Thank you for coming. Toya?”
“Yeah?”
“Can you tell Sterling that my mother will be here soon and to send her up?”
“Of course.” She leaned in and whispered into my ear. “Good luck with him.” She nodded towards Rowan and smirked.
My heart wanted to speed, but I knew I had to keep my head on straight. This would not end the way I wanted it to end.
“Have a good night.” Rowan called back to everyone, and they waved as they walked out.
I shut the door and turned back to Rowan. I awkwardly pointed to the kitchen. “I’m just going to see if I have something to clean up.” I hurried away and didn’t see the smirk that hit his face.
