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“Oh, Nathaniel told me to let you know Liam needed his car back.” Tobias reached into his pocket and threw me a set of keys. “Take the car in the driveway.”
“Thanks.”
I beelined toward the car, my mind on Liam. We needed to talk. Soon.
“Evie? Can I talk to you?”
I turned and grinned at Levi. “Hey. It’s good to see you.”
I knew awkwardness when I saw it. It was also clear that the teenager had been waiting for me outside Nathaniel’s. I leaned against the car. “Come here.”
He wandered over, his shoulders hunched.
I stretched out my legs, turning my face into the sun to make it a little easier on him. “What’s going on?”
“I just… I wanted to apologize to you. And to thank you.”
“For what?”
“For saving my life.”
“You don’t have to thank me for that, Levi. Fenrir wouldn’t have been there if it weren’t attracted to me.”
“Because of the coin Albert’s mage planted on you.”
I glanced at him, and he smirked. “I hear things.”
Teenagers.
“Yeah. Because of the coin.”
“So, it wasn’t your fault either. I saw the way that giant wolf was looking at the book. It wanted it.”
Something itched at the edges of my memory.
The thought flickered away as Levi took my hand. Surprised, I glanced at him. His cheeks had turned red.
“You looked after my brother when I hurt him.”
“Levi. The book hurt him. That wasn’t you.”
“It wouldn’t have been able to convince me to push you if that wasn’tinme.”
“We all have bad parts of ourselves. Parts we would rather ignore. We all suppress those instincts. The book just made it impossible for you to do that. And you never have to thank me for looking after Charlie. I would’ve done that, no matter what.”
“Because you’re the Alpha’s mate?”
I winced. “No. I wasn’t Nathaniel’s mate then, remember? Or at least, I didn’t know I was.” I wrinkled my nose at the reminder, and as I’d hoped, Levi laughed. “I would’ve helped because I care about you guys. Because you’re great kids, and you’re fun to be around.”
“Thanks, Evie. Um, you want to come hang?”
I grinned at him. “I have to go meet my uncle. But we’ll hang out soon.”
He nodded. “One more thing. Mom wants to know if you’ll come for dinner?”
“Me and Nathaniel?”
He shrugged. “She’d never turn the Alpha away, but I think she wanted me to make sure you knew the invitation was for you.”
