Finn by S. Cinders

Author:S. Cinders [Cinders, S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eclipse Press
Published: 2019-02-21T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Emily

I seriously was a glutton for punishment. Why I had volunteered to be the one to coordinate with Daniel I will never know.

We are jealous of any other female coming near our mate.

I wanted to tune my wolf out, as I had been doing for way too long now. But she was getting insistent, and I worried that she might do something drastic—like grab Daniel and kiss the shit out of him.

How could I still want to do that after everything he put me through? A huge part of my heart that I had thought was long since dead thudded to life when he approached us that day in the quad.

Mate! Ours!

My wolf was running in circles, trying to force my limbs to go to him. I was barely holding on by a thread. And the most bizarre part was that I think he was in the same state. But if that was true, why had he denounced me?

I vowed to steel my heart against him. And then Finn decided to let him into the rebellion.

I sighed throwing my head against my bed and alerting Mike that I wasn’t sleeping.

“Em, you don’t have to do this. I will talk to Daniel.” He was watching me intently, and I knew that he cared—perhaps too much.

“Mike, I’ve got this.” I turned onto my side and noted the appreciative gleam in his eyes.

Mike was a good-looking guy, but he wasn’t Daniel. I wished with everything in me that I could rid myself of the feelings that I pretended I didn’t have anymore.

But I was lying—to everyone, not just myself.

“I would do anything for you,” he said quietly. “You know that, right?”

Shit—maybe things had gone a lot further than I had thought.

“Mike, I can’t be with you that way.” I tried to soften my tone because I didn’t want to hurt him. Mike had been there for me all of these weeks, and I owed him my friendship and loyalty. But I couldn’t give him any more than that.

His cheeks flushed. “Em, I wasn’t declaring myself. I was trying to reassure you. I am not looking to settle down.”

I couldn’t tell if he was just saving face, or if this was the truth. But I had to take him at his word. I didn’t have any other options at this point. He was still my paired partner for the academy.

We did intimate things to each other during class almost daily. We shared a bed. But we haven’t had sex. I hadn’t done that since—Daniel.

“I am sorry, Mike.” I raised myself up to a sitting position. “I didn’t mean to imply anything. I just… I can’t…”

He came and sat beside me, “You don’t have to explain yourself to me, Em. I don’t know if that bastard is telling the truth or not. I don’t like him. But I don’t know if that is more because of how he hurt you or if he is honestly a jerk-off.”

I sank into his shoulder, rubbing my cheek against his muscular biceps.

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