“You don’t know that.”
I squinted as I looked at the table. Imagining how much that rejection was going to hurt. “I don’t want to find out either.”
“Blake.”
“Lucian, I’m terrified of breaking her mentally, not even to mention physically. She is not ready to face me in that ring.”
“Okay, how do we sort it out?”
“She won’t tell her father or yours. She’ll just deny it.”
“We never had this problem before.”
“Yeah, I know. They fucking push everything down her throat. It pisses me off.”
“Well, you can’t do anything until she claims you fair and square.”
We played a game and ignored all the pounds at our door.
It was almost five thirty, and I phoned my sister.
I asked her to get Elena some clothes to train in. I did not know which room was hers, but my sister found out and then she gasped when I told her to bring it to my room where she was hiding out.
Ten minutes later, Sammy knocked on my door and handed me her clothes.
“Thanks.” I winked, and she rushed back down the stairs.
I walked over to the bed where she slept and hated to wake her up. Her green eyes flew open.
I grinned. “Get up, it’s almost six.”
She grunted.
“I hear you. My sister brought you some clothes.” I put it on the nightstand table.
She pulled the blanket from her and got up, grabbed her clothes, and slouched into the bathroom. I kept staring at her butt, moving inside my shirt as she walked. My stomach flipped, and I loved this feeling but hated it, too.
I put on my shoes, as I wanted to keep her company while she ate her dinner.
She came out and handed my shirt back to me.
“You want some company?”
“No, thank you. You caused a lot of shit already. It’s going to be shoving food down my throat and hoping they digest in time. Thanks for this, I really needed that.” She pulled her elastic out of her hair and pulled her fingers through her hair and tied it up again.
“You are welcome.” I grabbed her arm and she slammed into my chest. “He’s just a dragon. If you are not ready tell your father.”
“I have to try,” she pried her out of my arms and waved at both of us goodbye and left.
41
ELENA
Friday was a mess. I got bombarded with questions from Vivian about how I knew Blake.
I was vague with all of them. Told her he was a good friend, and that was that.
I ate breakfast in silence, as I was one of the first ones here.
