“Well?” she asks, tilting her head.
“Well what?”
“Are we just going to stand in the hallway?”
No, I was wrong. It couldn't be functional because the thought of her scent clinging to every surface of my room makes my eye twitch. “That's the plan.”
“You're such an asshole.”
I shrug. “What else would you expect in this situation?”
She huffs and rolls her eyes. “Fine. Do you have any idea who the older male is? I'm starting to feel uneasy with everything and not knowing what's really going on.”
At least we're on the same page. “Not yet. It's hard to go exploring with the schedules and audience.”
She nods. “I've tried to snoop around a little, but it's almost like I'm being watched. I'm probably just paranoid, but I can't shake it off.”
“Just stay out of trouble,” I tell her. “There's another hunt tonight. We'll get a chance to poke around while everyone is out running.”
“Do you think they'll pair us up again?”
I shrug again. “I don't know. Maybe.”
“I'm going with you regardless. I don't care who they try to put me with.”
I get it. If I was her I'd want to go with me too. But I don't like it and I don't want to watch her and Cross tiptoe around each other because Idowant to go with him. These swinging emotions are driving me crazy. I'm getting pretty sick of feeling so unsettled.
My wolf pops up to make things even more ridiculous.We could leave, you know. We could disappear into the trees again and leave all of this turmoil.
I ignore his opinion and he slinks back into the background, laughing the whole way. I don't know why he thinks this situation is funny. All he does anymore is laugh at me. I'm getting pretty sick of that, too.
“No,” I say firmly. “You're not. I'm going with Cross, and nobody wants to deal with the two of you together right now.”
She drags in a breath and licks her lips. “I think that might be the point.”
“What point?”
“Pushing us together.”
My mouth draws up. I do not like that she's on the same wavelength as I am. “It seems silly to do something like that here, don't you think?”
She shrugs. “I don't know, but something is happening.”
“Just go for a walk or read a book or something until it's time to go down to the courtyard.”
She turns to go, but then looks back. “Did you get any information about the rules for tonight?”
I shake my head. “There's plenty of time. Just stay out of trouble.”
“You stay out of trouble,” she returns, then marches off down the hallway.
As if by magic, there is an envelope laying innocently on my bed when I walk through the door. I roll my neck before opening it.
Mr. Merritt,
You have been assigned the roll of prey for tonight's hunt.
Have fun!
