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“Can we talk?”
“Is everything alright?” I ask her.
“Can we speak, privately?” She says and moves past me into my room. She may want to speak privately. but I’m not closing the door to my room. I don’t want her getting any ideas.
I follow her into my room. “What’s going on, Anna?”
She’s turned away from me, so I can’t see her face. I walk over to my bed, putting my bag on it. I hope this won’t take long. I’m desperate to get back to my mate.
When I turn back to Anna, she has moved much closer to me. I take a step back. “Anna, what did you need?”
“I need you, Clint.” She says then throws her arms around my neck and presses her lips to mine. I put my hands on her hips, intending to push her away when I hear a sound that makes my heart skip a beat. Please, goddess, no.
When I look up and see Lily, her hand over her mouth, I know exactly what she’s thinking, it’s written all over her face. Anna’s casual hello only makes it worse.
“LILY!” I call as she spins on her heel and runs from me.
I turn back to Anna, snarling ferociously. “Don’t ever come near me again. Don’t touch me, don’t even look at me. If you do, I won’t be responsible for what Donovan does to you.” I let him push forward to show her I’m not joking. If she has ruined my relationship with Lily, I may hurt her.
I race out of my room, leaving Anna to find her way out. When I get to Lily’s room, I knock. When she doesn’t answer, I try the doorknob, but it’s locked.
I hear Calvin’s throat clearing behind me, but I’m not in the mood. “I need to speak to Lily.”
“It’s after hours and you just spent the weekend with her. She’ll be here tomorrow.”
I snarl, stomping past him and rush back to my room. I’ll go through her window if that’s what it takes.
When I return to my room, Anna is gone. I crawl out my window and down to Lily’s. When I get there, she has locked her window and closed the blinds.
I knock on her window. “Lily, please. It wasn’t what you think. I swear, Lily. Please, talk to me.”
I can hear her crying softly behind the window. “Lily, please talk to me.”
I stand at her window for two hours, pleading with her to open up and talk to me. She never responds to me. If I didn’t hear her crying, I wouldn’t even think she was in there.
“If that she-wolf ruined our chances with our mate, I will kill her.” Donovan snarls in my head. I’m right there with him.
I return to my room, grabbing the blankets that I had washed while we were gone. They don’t even smell like her anymore. I have nothing that smells like her. I can only hope that she will come to the roof. If she would just let me explain, hear me out, I know I could make her understand.
I go up to the roof and drop off the blankets. Then, just in case, I make my way back to her window. She’s still crying and it breaks my heart. “Lily, I’ll be on the roof. Please, just let me explain. I know it looked bad, but I can explain everything. Please, just hear me out.”
When I get no response, I head back to the roof. I sit there all night, waiting, hoping that she will join me. As the sun starts to rise, I realize she isn’t coming. I’m hoping she fell asleep and will see things differently this morning.
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I head back to my room, getting ready for training. I race down the stairs, hoping to catch her on her way down. When I get to her hallway. I can smell her scent strongly and I realize she’s already left her room. I start to head downstairs, intending to find her when I get a mind link from Patrick.
“Clint, come see me in my office.”
As I head to his office, and based on her scent, I realize Lily was already here this morning. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. I knock, walking in without waiting for a response. I was hoping Lily would still be here, but she’s not. Her scent, however, still lingers and it both helps calm me and hurts that I missed even one night with her.
Anders is standing, looking out his window. “Clint. What did you do?”
“What do you mean?” all of
He turns around and looks at me, disappointment written all over his face. “After seeing how happy you were last night, specifically smelling your scent all over Lily, imagine my surprise when I see her at my door first thing this morning. She looked like she didn’t sleep at all last night and her eyes are red rimmed from crying. I don’t have to tell you that I’m not a fan of men who make women cry. So, I’ll ask again, what did you do?”
I rub my hands over my face. “I didn’t do anything. But she saw something that she misinterpreted.”
He just raises his eyebrow at me.
“Anna was waiting for me when I returned. She said she needed to talk and walked into my room, uninvited. She threw herself into my arms and kissed me. It was at that moment that Lily walked in. She saw us kissing, Anna’s arms around my neck and now she thinks that I left her and immediately ran into another woman’s arms.”
He rubs his hand over his jaw, watching me. “Well, this is really bad timing and now I’m in a bind, Clint.
You see, Lily has asked me to take you off her guard duty.”
I growl at that. “You didn’t agree?”
I
“Of course, I agreed. I told you I would treat her like my daughter and if someone hurts her, intentionally. or unintentionally, I will act.”
“I’ll watch her from afar.”
He’s shaking his head before I finish. “That’s not enough.” He pauses, growling himself. “Alpha Mahli showed up here this weekend with his Beta and several warriors.”
My hands clench into fists. “He was planning to take Lily.” It’s a statement, not a question.
“I have to believe that was his intention. Why else would he show up with so many fighters when he was coming for a friendly visit.” He stresses friendly, both of us knowing that’s not what this was.
“You can’t take me off her guard duty. You know I’m the best person to watch and protect her.”
“Yes, I do. But I won’t go against her wishes. You need to figure out how to fix this and you need to do it quickly. She did agree to continue afternoon training with you. I would advise you not to use that time to try to convince her that she needs to give you another chance. If she tells me she’s done training with you, I’ll pull you from that, too.”
I nod, turning to walk out and find my mate. “Oh and Clint, I may treat her like she’s my daughter, but I’ve always thought of you as my son. I hope that I’ve always treated you that way. And as your father figure. I have a suggestion for you.”
“What’s that?” I ask.
“She’s mad at you, Clint.”
Brilliant, because I hadn’t figure that out on my own. “Thanks, that’s very helpful.” I say sarcastically. turning to leave again.