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Raven
I skipped dinner that night.I wasn't sure yet how to handle the Ben situation until I knew how many people were on to us. Instead, I grabbed a few snacks from the stash in my desk drawer.
Swiss cake rolls and beef jerky sure weren't healthy, but they were perfect when you were trying to work out what the hell you'd gotten yourself into.
I knew I couldn't walk away from Luka or Ben. Ever. We were connected, bonded in a supernatural way that I didn't want to break. But that didn't make it easier to comprehend. I'd been raised in the human world with most of the world telling me I got one partner.
It was odd because the concern from Matt wasn't over the fact that I was with two males, it was regarding the dangerous family one of them came from. Though, it turned out Luka's mom was apparently pretty badass. I sure hoped she liked mages.
Even Ben and Luka, who hated each other, were going along with it. For me. It was a lot to wrap my head around.
I woke with a start to someone pounding on my door. My room was dark and I knocked the box of cake rolls to the ground when I crawled off my bed.
Running a hand through my hair, I walked toward the door. "Who is it?"
"Makayla," she hissed in a loud whisper. "Raven, open up."
I flipped on the light and then opened the door, letting my friend in.
"You look like hell," she said. "What happened? Did one of those assholes say something to you?"
"I fell asleep. Wait, what assholes?" I asked.
"The Obscura twins stopped by the common room after dinner and asked to talk to Ben," she said.
I lifted my eyebrows in surprise. "Seriously?"
She nodded. "I didn't get to hear the conversation, but Ben was pissed when they left. I was surprised he didn't shift and chase them down."
I scrubbed my face with my hand. "Fuck."
"You weren't in here because of them, were you?" she asked. "Oh, love, the snack cakes? What happened?"
I walked over to the box and scooped the fallen cellophane wrapped cakes back into it and then offered the box to Makayla. "Want one?"
She held up a hand. "No, thank you."
I set the box on my desk. "Matt stopped by after gym."
"And?"
"And he told me he knew about Ben," I said.
"That asshole," Makayla said. "You can't trust those mages."
I cleared my throat.
"Present company excepted," she said.
"He didn't threaten anything and I don't think he'd tell people, but if he figured it out, everyone probably has." I narrowed my eyes at her. "Wait, I never toldyouabout Ben."
She smiled sheepishly. "He told me."
"Of course, he did," I said.
"But just because I'm his best friend, doesn't mean I'm not yours, too," she said.
