I took a deep breath as I slipped off my jacket and walked toward where she was sitting. I placed my jacket over her hunched back, covering her. Her head tilted up, eyes squinting when she saw me while wiping her tears away.
“What do you want?” She asked in a soft voice.
“Nothing.” I answered nonchalantly as I sat beside her. “Are you okay, kid?”
I drew my knees up and rested my forearms on them, my head tilted toward her.
“Yeah, just sad.” She answered as she rested her chin on her knees.
“Why?”
“Well, I really shouldn’t be here in the first place. I was just invited because Kat is Nadia’s best friend and Darvin is the Alpha’s friend. I feel like an outsider.”
“But you can make friends there. Bella is there, the Alpha’s sister. She is just one or two years older than you.”
“Do you like her?” She snapped her head in my direction, her face showing no emotions at all.
“What do you mean?”
“Are you disappointed she’s not your mate?”
“Why would I even think she’s my mate?”
“Well, most Beta or Gamma ended up with their Alpha’s sisters.”
“Where did you get that idea? Besides, are you looking forward to being mated to your brother’s Beta?”
“No way. He’s a prick. He annoys me all the time.”
“Maybe he likes you.”
“I don’t like him. You didn’t answer my question.”
“About what?”
“If you like Bella.”
“I just met her. And no, I don’t like her that way.”
“You like someone else? Janna, right?”
My forehead creased. “How did you know her?”
I saw her swallow before tilting her head away and looking straight ahead. “I think I heard it somewhere, maybe with Luna Nadia or Jenny.”
I just shrugged my shoulders. Maybe they really talked about Janna and me.
“Yes, I like her. But I don’t think she likes me back.” I chuckled.
I knew I liked Janna, but it had been months since I saw her, and there were days I didn’t even think of her. So maybe what I felt for her was just an infatuation. And that was why I wanted to see her so I could be sure of myself if I still wanted to pursue her or not.
“It’s hard when the one you like doesn’t like you or is clueless about you.”
“Talking from experience, huh?” I snickered, but I got curious. “Tell me, who do you fancy?”
“No one.”
“Your boyfriend? You’re still together with that jerk who abandoned you in the middle of the freeway during a full moon?” My brows furrowed upon recalling the state I found her in that night.
