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“Not people like me, unfortunately.”
“Babe,” Amira shoots me a look, and her voice is soft. “You don’t have to believe that.”
I shut my eyes. Without thinking about it, I’d said something that Will had told me.
You’re boring. You’ve always been boring. She’s exciting.
“I mean, it’s not wrong. I’m not the life of the party. I’m definitely more of a like… help the person who is in the bathroom, helping the person who is throwing up, you know?”
She holds up her drink. “As the person who is usually puking, cheers to that.”
We clink our glasses together, and I take a bigger sip. Normally, shifters need a pretty high proof (and high volume) of alcohol to get drunk. I’m a little bit of a lightweight, so two drinks will probably get me at least a little buzzed.
“So, who was on the docket today?”
I’m about to tell Amira about Mrs. Bortles when a loud, and uncomfortably familiar, laugh sounds nearby.
Immediately, I grimace and turn.
Ugh.
Evander Alderwood.
He’s sitting over in the main library area, and as usual, he’s surrounded by his goonies, AKA the other ranked wolves in the pack, AKA the Frat Pack, a name that I’ve given them based on their overall asshole-y behavior. As the pack’s beta, he definitely has to maintain those types of connections. However, the overall impression of the group is definitely “Bros on the loose,” especially since they’re currently trying to throw martini olives into each other’s mouths over the library’s signature fish tank.
Gross.
If he’s here, Will has to be nearby or on the way. Evander and Will have been besties since they were pups, and Evander’s sort of like Will, with more power and less of a filter.
He, along with the rest of the Frat Pack, liked to tease me about my ‘big heart’ and my boring job.
“Sorry. I didn’t know he was coming until he showed up about ten minutes before you got here,” Amira sighs.
“It’s fine. We can stay over here, and they won’t notice us at all.”
“What are you going to do about the Blue Moon Bash?”
I wrinkle my nose. “Same strategy. Hide and hope for the best.”
Shaking her head, Amira looks at me over the rim of her glass. “I wish you didn’t have to though, Bri.”
“I wish I didn’t either,” I say with all the bitterness I feel.
This is the other part of breaking up with someone in the pack. You can’t get away from them. Evander, and likely Will, will be at the Blue Moon Bash. They’re also at the grocery store when I need to go. They’re at the library. They’re in the woods when I want to change into my wolf form and run. They’re at every pack town hall. I can’t get away from either of them, and I hate it.
“What packs are near here?” I ask Amira.
She blinks. “What do you mean?”
“Like, if I got a job in Steamboat, do you think I could live here and work there while I apply to a new pack?”
Her eyes go wide. “Briony…”
“I’m serious, Amira. I can’t do this much longer. Evander is the beta. Will is his friend. They’re literally everywhere I look. I don’t want to see them, and I can’t get away.”
She stares at me for a long time, and I down my drink. The Frat Pack bursts into raucous laughter again, and I shut my eyes.
“I have to get out of here,” I whisper.
