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GRIFFIN:Great! Can’t wait to see you! :)
“He can’t wait to see you,” Hunter repeats.
Once again, I roll my eyes at him. “You’re annoying.”
“And you love me.”
I don’t know aboutthat.
But I do like him more than I should.
Boys are complicated.
It would suck.
As we make our way to the East Raven Academy campus, I can’t help but think how easy it is to sneak off West Raven campus. Shouldn’t this be harder? Shouldn’t our security be better? Then again, maybe I feel that way because I’ve been nearly killed more times than I care to think about while at this school, though it’s not the academy’s fault.
Hunter paces beside me as we sneak across the two lane road and over a fence onto the East Raven side of the school. Part of me wonders what Griffin will think when he sees I’ve brought Hunter with me, but I really have no excuse for it. Hunterhasto come with me.
I chew on my lip as we make our way toward where Griffin asked me to meet him.
“You okay?” Hunter nudges me with his elbow.
I nod. “Just thinking.”
“That can’t be good,” he teases. “It’s never good when a girl starts thinking.”
“Truthfully, I’m wondering what Griffin is going to think when he sees that I’ve brought you with me.” I worry my bottom lip between my teeth.
“Ah,” he says, but doesn’t offer me any advice or words of encouragement or advice.
I dunk under a tree limb, wondering how much further we have to go.
My stomach is in knots and my heart is racing—not because I’m seeing Griffin, but because I really don’t have an excuse for why Hunter is with me. It’s not like I can tell Griffin the truth—that Hunter is my bodyguard and that somebody is trying to kill me. Maybe I would tell him if I had stronger feelings for him. If only I didn’t have feelings for somebody who is completely and utterly wrong for me.
I’m obviously really bad at picking out guys—first, I had a crush on Preston Lomax, and that ended in the worst possible way. And now, I have a crush on Hunter Duran. At least I know Hunter isn’t going to try and kill me, but I have a feeling he will break my heart into a million tiny pieces before this is all over. It’s inevitable.
At this rate, I’m never going to have a boyfriend.
Hunter points his finger ahead. “That dock is where we’re going.”
I look to where he’s pointing and I see the lake, the same lake that attaches to our campus. The dock looks old but well maintained. Griffin is standing at the beginning of the dock with his hands in his pockets. He’s glancing around, like he’s looking for me. And when he sees me coming, his entire face lights up.
I swallow hard, anxiety building in my stomach.
He’s grinning because he likes me. And I know, without a doubt, that Griffin likes me way more than I like him. I feel so guilty, like I’m leading him on. The only problem is, I don’t know what to do about it.
Griffin glances beside me and frowns as he realizes that I am not alone. He thinks I brought my best friend with me because I’m into him, but little does he know that Hunter is literally here to protect me.
“I’ll just wait here,” Hunter says, coming to a stop.
I turn to him and see that his brows are furrowed. I imagine he just now noticed Griffin’s reaction to him.
I lift up a hand to wave at Hunter. “Wish me luck.”
Because I think I’m going to need it.
I walk closer to the dock and Griffin meets me halfway, his hands still stuffed in the front pockets of his jeans.
