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I slammed the filing cabinet closed. I couldn’t escape the fucker, not even here at work.
“Yep, that’s his name.”
Tyler didn’t seem to pick up on my tight tone. “So, have you met him?”
I laughed, but it sounded off even to me. “I’ve met him. He’s staying with us.”
Tyler’s eyes got comically large. “You’re kidding! In that case, you can tell me all his weaknesses, or put laxatives in his cereal on game day…I’ll make it worth your while.”
I laughed. I couldn’t help it; Tyler had that effect on people. I couldn’t imagine him playing hockey. He seemed too nice. He didn’t seem to have an aggressive bone in his body, unlike some people.
“Good plan. I’ll tell you what – I’ll do it for free, that’s how much I appreciate him living down the hall from me.”
Tyler whistled. “Ouch, someone’s ruffled your feathers. Now I’ve got to meet this guy.”
“You’ll regret it, believe me.”
We headed toward the rooms where we kept the recuperating animals. It was our job to fill the water, clean the cages, and take basic observations. The smell inside the little room was pretty strong as we went in. Earthy and animalistic, it suddenly reminded me of my panties. But Cayden's cum on my panties hadn't smelled bad like this. Not at all.
I blew out a breath. I couldn’t wait to get to Eve’s and wash the damn things and try to forget how today had gotten so out of control. Forget washing, I’d throw them out completely in a trash can somewhere.
“Earth to Lily, come in Lily.” Tyler cupped his mouth and spoke in a loudspeaker tone.
“Sorry, what did you say?”
“I asked if you want heads or tails?” Tyler grinned.
Heads or tails was our way of deciding the jobs. Tails got you cage-cleaning duty, and heads meant you had to refill the water and food bowls.
“Um, you choose, I don’t care.”
“Excellent!”
* * *
I hardly slept at Eve’s house. I’d gotten a message at about midnight from an unknown number. It didn’t take a genius to figure out who it was.
Running late tonight, Freckles?
It was a horrible reminder that Cayden could poke around my room as much as he wanted when I wasn’t there. Hell, he’d gone and done it even when Iwasthere.
I hadn’t answered. Fuck, now he had my number. I wished I’d hidden my journal this morning, but I hadn’t had a chance, seeing how Cayden had strong-armed me out of the house. And now I’d left him at home with it all afternoon.It doesn’t matter anyway,I reminded myself.He’s already seen what he wants and taken pictures. It doesn’t matter if he has the entire thing now. It’s too late.
I dragged myself into the school, one of Eve’s hats on my head, and kept to myself as much as possible. Maybe I could come up with a disguise that would make me invisible again? Eve and I ate lunch out at the football field to avoid the cafeteria. Ideally, I would avoid Cayden as much as possible.
The plan was working until my free study period near the end of the day. My last class was art with Ms. Sophie. She was my favorite teacher, and art was my one indulgent subject that I took just for fun. In my free period before class, I worked on my watercolor painting of a leaf. I was sitting at a table outside the back of the school, when a huge hand ripped the paper away from me. I tugged my headphones out of my ears as I stood.
“Hey!” My protest died on my lips when I saw who it was.
Outside in the bright daylight, Cayden looked even better than usual, which was really saying something. He wore the black Hellions training T-shirt. It stretched tightly across his biceps.
“Is this what’s kept you too busy to eat lunch today? You shouldn’t skip meals, Lily, you’re going to need your strength to survive me.”
“Is that a threat?” I glanced around us, feeling scared but also oddly relieved that we were the only people in sight.
“Of course. Didn’t it sound like one?” Cayden folded my painting and tucked it into his pocket.
“That’s my homework, and it’s due next period,” I ground out.
