In Between Two Alphas

Chapter 41

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Chapter 41

 

“What did you do this past week?” My dad asked.

My parents were on me as soon as I crossed the door. Zev was right behind me, and he kept smiling at my mom, who was looking at him strangely.

“Why didn’t Layton bring you home?” She asked.

“I think that’s my cue to go,” Zev said.

It was hard to keep up with all the questions my mom and dad threw at me after Zev left. They wanted to know what I did, what I learned, how I spent my time, if I’d missed them, and they asked about Layton.

I patiently answered every question, even though I was itching to go upstairs. I had spent the week at Zev’s house. It had been harder than I imagined. When I told Zev that if I left, he couldn’t come with me, he started trying to convince me to stay.

Layton called me every morning and every night for the first three days. But after that, his calls just stopped. I was worried about that. The third day that he didn’t call, Zev went to look for him.

He came back with a bruise on his face, but he refused to tell me what he and Layton had talked about. He simply said that Layton was fine.

That was when I decided to stay.

Later that night, I got my first visitor from Blue Bloods. When my mom told me that somebody was downstairs looking for me, I felt my heartbeat pick up.

I should have known that it wasn’t Layton. I would have felt him as soon as he arrived, and I hadn’t. I had heard nothing from Layton in days, and that unsettled me.

So when I ran downstairs, trying to keep myself from stumbling after each step, I was surprised and let down when I was greeted by Jared’s.

“Cassidy,” Jared said in a grave tone.

“Jared…”

My parents awkwardly stood around, looking between Jared and me.

“We’ll go talk outside,” I said, and quickly reached out to take Jared’s hand.

I knew if we stuck around, my parents were going to try to sneak around and eavesdrop in our conversation.

“I’ve been trying to call you all week,” Jared told me right after we stepped outside.

“You have?”

We started walking down the trail that led to the woods. It was already dark out, but Jared kept to the trail, and it wasn’t hard to see where we were going.

“Did you have your cell phone?”

I shook my head, which made Jared frown at me. “Why did you run off with him? I mean, did it have to be him?” Jared asked. He sounded like he was disappointed, and that made me feel guilty.

“I ran away and Zev found me. I stayed there to stay away.”

“He killed Hanna,” Jared said, as if I needed the bitter reminder of the event.

“I know that,” I said, defensively.

“You couldn’t take one call from Layton, but you stayed the whole week with Zeverus. Layton is your mate. Did you ever consider how he would feel if you ran off with the guy who has the hots for you?”