Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,14

other our entire lives, so it seems pointless to wait.” She paused for a moment. “And okay, we might be rushing it a little bit, but I promise you there’s good reason for that.”

“Let’s hear it.”

“The only way we can share a dorm room on campus is if we’re married,” Maddie explained. “Headmaster Black told me today.”

“Oh. Well, that makes sense.” Truthfully, it still made me nervous that Maddie’s roommate at Werewolf Academy was Sarah, the girl who had been my lady’s maid when I was Princess Fallyn during the ancient times. Except she was going by the name Lydia, which had been the name of my mother, the Queen of the Werewolves. It still seemed odd to me that Sarah had chosen to use that name of all the names in the baby book to choose from.

I still hadn’t figured out what Sarah’s intentions were or why she was at Werewolf Academy, but I knew that it must have had something to do with me.

“So, I wanted to ask you if you’ll be my maid of honor,” Maddie said. “We’re going to have the wedding back in the human world so both of our families can be there.”

“Of course I’ll be your maid of honor.” As long as the portal between the paranormal realm and the human world didn’t end up getting closed off by then. I wasn’t about to tell her that, but I knew that it was a very real possibility.

Now that the Triangle had been formed, the portal could end up getting closed off at any time. And that scared the shit out of me.

The party was already raging when we got there. Not that it surprised me. Branden was known for throwing the best parties; that was why everyone seemed to trust him to throw them.

Even though I tried to get into the music and just enjoy the latest Taylor Swift song that was thumping all around us, I was just paranoid.

What if Milos did decide to make an appearance? What would happen then? Would he try to kill me?

These were thoughts that always plagued my mind, but they were even stronger tonight. I knew it was because he’d shown up a year ago, so I was on edge because of that.

Everything is going to be okay. Your mates are here with you, I reminded myself.

Knowing that made me feel better… but only slightly.

“I want a beer, how about you?” Maddie asked.

I thought about not drinking, but I knew that it might help calm my nerves. “I want a drink,” I agreed.

As we headed over to the table that served as a bar, Maddie grabbed a beer and I grabbed a wine cooler. Then we got lost in the crowd and began dancing.

I realized then how much I hated Milos even more than I thought I did. Because when it came down to it, I couldn’t even have fun… not when I was too busy worrying about bumping into Milos or Iris.

Just enjoy tonight, I tried to tell myself. But I knew that was a whole lot easier said than done.

For some reason, the alcohol hit harder than it usually did. I was dancing in the crowd to the new Billie Eilish song when Maddie grabbed my hand. “Come on, I see Branden.”

I let her guide me over to him. We were about halfway there when I spotted them out of the corner of my eyes: Vince and Iris. They were headed our way.

Oh. Shit.

Without even giving a second thought to what I was doing, I ran.

I knew how weak it made me seem. I knew how weak it actually was. But I didn’t care. I didn’t want to deal with them right now. Or ever, for that matter. Not until I figured out what to do about Iris.

Right now, all I could think to do was run. I had begun to realize that was what I did. I ran from all of my problems, rather than dealing with them head on. It was becoming a problem, one that I knew I would need to deal with eventually.

After I killed Milos Santorini.

And Iris.

And every other enemy who had made their way onto my hitlist.

I hadn’t figured out how exactly to do that just yet. I also wasn’t sure how long I had to do it. The only thing I did know was that it had to be done. It was the only way.

I had just rounded the corner and was headed back to the Darken