without Headmaster Black seeing you give them to me.”
“Put your hand inside your purse to act like you’re touching the keys,” Aiden said. “I’ll unlock the doors. Open the car door and let me in before you. Once we’re inside, I’ll give you the keys.”
I did as he said, putting my hand inside my bag. A second later, I heard the sound of car doors beeping as Aiden unlocked them.
As I opened the car door, I glanced over my shoulder at where Headmaster Black was sitting in his parked car. He was staring in my direction.
“Because him staring like that isn’t creepy as fuck or anything,” I said, pretending to drop my purse on the ground, hoping that explained why I was leaving the door open but not getting inside the car.
A few moments later, I stood up again and then slipped into the driver’s seat, closing the door behind me.
“Okay, I’m dropping the keys now,” Aiden informed me, and a moment later, the keys fell to the floor of the car.
I reached over and picked them up.
Then I turned them in the ignition, revving the car to life. I turned on the headlights.
“You know which is the gas pedal and which is the brake, right?” Aiden asked.
“The gas pedal is on the right,” I said confidently.
“Bingo. You’re going to want to put the car into Drive. And the emergency brake—”
“I have driven a car before, just not much. But why are you even trusting me to drive this car when I none know of this?” I asked.
“Because you’ve done far harder things than drive a car, Raven,” Aiden replied. “Now, drive. If you sit here for too long, Headmaster Black is going to start wondering what’s going on.”
“Do we care what Headmaster Black has to think?”
“After everything I just learned about him tonight, we should care. Headmaster Black is not a good werewolf.”
“Please tell me that’s not the first time you’re realizing this,” I said as I slid the gear into ‘Drive.’ I gently tapped my foot on the gas pedal.
“You’re doing just fine. Pull out of the parking lot, and then give it a little more oomph when you pull out onto the street,” Aiden instructed.
As I made it out of the parking lot, I hit the gas pedal a little harder.
“I’m driving. I’m actually driving,” I commented. “You know, I was supposed to take driver’s ed during my senior year of high school. But then somebody ripped me out of the human world and brought me here.”
“You know you’re glad we did that. Just admit it,” Aiden said.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way,” I thought with a smile. Glancing in the rearview mirror for the first time, I realized that we weren’t alone. The black sedan was right at my tail. “Headmaster Black is following us.”
“Turn left at the next stop sign,” Aiden said. “There’s absolutely no reason he’d have to take that road to get to his own living quarters, so if he follows us, then we know he’s actually following us.”
I turned on my blinker before we hit the stop sign. I watched as Headmaster Black’s blinker indicated that he was turning left, too.
“He’s totally following us.”
“Okay. Well, I was going to make myself visible soon, but clearly, I can’t do that until after we get home. He must be following you to find out, for sure, if one of us is with you. He clearly realized someone was invisible in there, and then he saw you, so he must have put two and two together. I probably shouldn’t have followed him, but I’m really glad I did. It makes me think of him completely different now.”
“Was what you learned really that bad?” I asked him.
“You don’t know the half of it. This shit is crazy.”
“Well, I would know if you just spit it out already,” I replied with an eye roll.
“I really want to tell you everything, but I’d rather wait to tell the others, too. Besides, you need to stay focused on getting us home without crashing.”
“Even if we do get into accident, it won’t kill us. We’re werewolves. Remember?” I asked as I turned onto the road that would leave to the Darken house.
“Yeah, but Theo would be freaking pissed if you crashed the car. It’s his baby, you know.”
“Why is that, anyway? Theo doesn’t strike me as the type who gets caught up on material possessions.” In fact, in comparison to the rest of my mates, Theo seemed like he