Moon Rising (Mount Henley Trilogy Book 2) by Kat Zaccard

Author:Kat Zaccard [Zaccard, Kat]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-12T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The following Monday, I had an unpleasant surprise waiting for me at lunch. The weather was still mild, so we all brought our trays outside to have lunch with the guys. Boys weren’t allowed in the Artemis dorm, so we took advantage of the warmer weather to share our meal outdoors. It was a week before the Fall Fling and the traditional day for girls to ask out their dates. Shea asked Adam at the table, and he pretended to deliberate before accepting with a grand bow and a kiss of her hand. Her freckled cheeks blushed with pleasure.

Hayley, who was nothing if not brave, brazenly asked Anatoly if he’d be her date. Anatoly looked surprised and pleased, preening a bit if you asked me. He accepted her proposal. I couldn’t help but notice the scowl on Fanya’s face and surprise on Damka’s. I guessed she’d planned to ask him herself. Shea and Hayley were discussing the current fashion and shopping options when I noticed a stall in conversation around the table. They were all looking at me, no wait, behind me. I turned in my chair and saw Logan looking sheepishly around at the group of unfriendly eyes.

“Hey, Alice, can we talk?” Hayley looked ready to throw down, but I motioned for her to stay put. I excused myself and followed Logan out of earshot.

He cleared his throat a few times, looking anywhere but at me. Finally, my patience wore out. “What is it, Logan?”

He looked up at me, his green eyes piercing. He had such a classically handsome face with chiseled cheeks and a dimpled chin. His hair was just styled just enough to appear carefree. I’d almost loved him last year. Remembering our make-out sessions made me blush then curse my traitorous cheeks.

“Look, I know you’re mad at me, and you’ve every right to be,” he started.

“Thanks for the permission,” I snarked back, crossing my arms angrily.

“Alice, I’m sorry, that was … tacky.” I snorted, but he held up a hand to stop my retort. “Please, let me finish. I’m not particularly fond of our situation either. The thing is, though, we’re still a team.”

“A team?!”

“Yes. And I would like to escort you to the Fall Fling.”

“You can’t be serious?” I remembered what Nadia had said, but I didn’t believe Logan wanted to take me. “Isn’t the girl supposed to ask the guy?”

“Well, you’re the one who wants to break traditions.” Logan smiled, and I almost believed he wanted peace.

“I don’t want to go with you.”

“I know you don’t, but my parents and grandfather made it clear that I better take you to that dance.”

“Wow, chivalry is alive and well and giving me an ulcer,” I grumbled.

“Alice, I know you want to annul the betrothal. I… I think I get it now. But I don’t know what to do about it.”

“Try admitting to your family you don’t want to marry me either.”

“They don’t care what I want, Alice. They want a Dolph on the throne. We’re the next oldest family clan in the Great Pack.

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