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I clench my teeth so hard that it’s a miracle I don’t crack a molar.
Who the fuck is Garrett?
I drop my fork to my plate where it lands with a noisy clatter, shoving up from my seat at the table.
“Whoa, dude, where you goin’?” Tristan asks as I snatch up my plate.
“Need a workout,” I grumble.
I turn away from the table, making a beeline for the wash bin where we deposit dirty dishes.
“Well are we still on for tonight?” Tris calls after me.
I don’t respond. I just toss my plate in the bin and storm out of the dining hall, my wolf rattling around in my chest and my skin prickling with the need to shift.
I could head down to the gym, but it’s still daylight, and letting my wolf out will burn off a whole lot more aggression than lifting weights. With that in mind, I head for the exit doors to leave the complex, passing Avery as she’s on her way in.
“Hey, Madd, what’s going on?” she asks, but I just shake my head.
“Not now.”
“Okay…” she replies cautiously, spinning around and jogging after me to catch up as I tear across the practice field. “Where are you going?”
“Out for a run.”
“Didn’t you already run this morning?”
“Need another one.”
“Madd, what’s-” she reaches out for me and I shrug her hand away, abruptly stopping and spinning around to face her.
Avery almost runs right into my chest, her brown eyes rounded in surprise as she grinds to a halt just in time.
“Did you know Sloane had some dude back in Denver?” I growl.
My sister’s mouth pops open in surprise. She shakes her head adamantly, holding up her hands in surrender. “I swear I didn’t know anything about it. You know Sloane and I never talk about her love life. It’s been our rule since she started dating you, so that I’d never be put in the middle.”
I grunt in annoyance, turning back around and stomping through the gate of the squad complex into the forest beyond its walls. Avery continues to follow me, her footsteps featherlight against the dirt in comparison to mine.
“Madd, comeon, you can’t seriously be pissed about this? You were still dating Roxy when she came back here…”
I whip around again, and this time, Avery does run into me, a puff of air escaping her lips as she meets the hard planes of my chest.
“I neverdatedher,” I clarify as she stumbles back with a wince. “We didn’t go on any actual dates or do lovey-dovey shit. We just fucked.”
“So that’s better somehow?” Avery scoffs.
“Well yeah.”
She throws up her hands. “How?!”
“Because no feelings were involved, Aves! I never gave my heart away to someone else after her. She was the only one…” I trail off, shaking my head, hating that I just admitted that out loud. “Whatever,” I grumble. “Doesn’t matter anyways.”
Avery reaches out for me, setting her hand on my arm. “Maybe it does…”
I flick her hand away. “No, itdoesn’t. You don’t get it. I thought Sloane was it for me, and then she just left and fucking ghosted me. Now she’s back, playing all her little mind games to try to pull me back into her web, and for what? So she can just up and leave again, go back to some dude in Denver?” I shake my head, scrubbing a hand over my face. “She already said she didn’t come back for me. I should’ve listened.”
Avery arches a brow. “She actually said that?”
