One Last Chance

Chapter Twenty One

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Chapter 21

Blake's P.O.V.

The tests went smoothly for most of the girls. Of course, my eyes were trained on Isabelle almost during the whole test. I took a few times to glance at my date, a pretty brown haired girl that gave off an impression of a petite and gentle girl called Lily.

She didn’t really look much into our date, as she kept shooting glances to Ash, but I couldn’t really blame her when I kept looking at Belle. She was cute though, so at least I treated her with polite manners and tried not to be rude. More than that girl named Annabelle got.

As soon as the tests were over with my father approached me. He smiled politely at my date and she blushed, greeting the Alpha. “We are supposed to head over to the house and discuss the performance of the first group of the girls, before the second one has a chance to do their tests. All of the other boys are already on the way.” He finished, giving me the clue and a reason to send Lily away.

I smiled back at my father and nodded, acknowledging that I will be there. “I’ll catch up with the others soon, just let me walk my date back to her house.” I said, politely. A shadow of disapproval flared over my father’s face for split a second before he smiled and nodded, leaving us.

I know he expected of me to send her away, but what kind of a date would I be if I didn’t even bother to walk the girl back. “I can get there alone, you really don’t have to do this.” Lily whispered, looking away and blushing as she spoke.

“Nah, I’m okay. They can wait up.” I said, smiling at her and offering her my hand. She took it after a moment of hesitation, and the two of us slowly headed for the house the girls were staying in. She was still just as shy and quiet, and I wondered why.

The night sky was beautiful as we walked, the full moon shining brightly above us. I could hear the sound of leaves as they rustled in the wind, and there was cute girl by my side. Still, I couldn’t shake off the feeling of dread that seemed to creep over me.

I heard a snap of a twig and my attention was immediately drawn to the trees to our left. I couldn’t sense anything, but there was something that simply felt wrong about the woods, as if something was watching us.

“Blake, what’s wrong?” Lily breathed, drawing closer to me as she, too, sensed something was off. She shivered slightly as a gust of wind ran over us, still carrying no scent. She shuddered again, and I guessed the light dress wasn’t the best choice on the chilly evening.

“I don’t know.” I whispered back, unable to tell as to why I lowered my voice as if I was afraid of being overheard. I drew her closer, and put my arm over her in a protective reflex. She blushed, but I almost didn’t notice it as I froze, scanning the trees.  “But I don’t like it.”

“C... Can it be that... that someone is... is attacking us again?” She managed to mutter as her teeth chattered from the cold. At least I thought it was cold, I couldn’t really count out the possibility that she was afraid. 

I shook my head and smiled at her, trying to calm her down. “Nah, there are too many guards around for them to pass through our defences without getting noticed. Besides, even if they passed the first layer of security they couldn’t have gotten this far.”