Werewolf Academy Year Three - Jayme Morse Page 0,49

own death,” Theo insisted. “He can’t be trusted.”

“I know.” And I did know that he was right. Kane was the furthest thing from trustworthy. He was an arrogant, cocky jerk with a hidden agenda that none of us had quite figured out yet. I didn’t trust him at all. And yet, my heart didn’t care about any of that and my craved him. Sometimes, it physically hurt for me to be away from him. So as much as I didn’t want to make that call, I also didn’t know for sure if I would be able to control myself.

And I hated that. I hated feeling like I wasn’t in control of my feelings for Kane.

I couldn’t control my feelings for any of the Darken, but there was a big difference. I would have trusted my other mates with my life. I couldn’t say the same about Kane.

“You’re thinking about him right now,” Theo murmured, his blue eyes meeting mine from where he was sitting on the bed.

“What makes you think that?” I asked him.

“I can always tell when you’re thinking about someone who isn’t me. You get this dreamy look in your eyes.” His gaze didn’t move away from me. “I’ve known forever that I only had a twenty-five percent chance of winning you over in the end, but now? Now, it’s only a twenty percent chance, but it might as well be a zero percent chance.”

“Zero?” My eyebrows knotted together at the center of my forehead. “How do you figure?”

“Easy. When it comes to Kane, I always lose.”

I knew Theo was referring to their positions within the pack; Kane had always been the Alpha of the Darken, while Theo had been the Beta. There had always been an ongoing competition between the two of them—one that Theo was still bitter about to this day, even though it had been literally centuries since Kane had faked his death.

“The worst part is that I know Kane better than anyone,” Theo went on. “I can already predict his next move. Even though he’s a loose cannon, he’s also calculated and predictable.” His blue eyes locked on mine. “He’s going to try everything he can to make you fall in love with him just to steal you away from me. He’s going to act like he loves you, even though he doesn’t.” He paused. “Can you promise me one thing?”

“What?” I questioned.

“Can you promise me that no matter who you end up choosing in the end, it won’t be Kane?” Theo asked.

I just stared back at him, unsure of how to respond. Deep down, I believed that I would pick one of the Darken who I had spent the past two years with. It was hard for me to imagine what my life would have been like without any of them.

But I didn’t really know Kane that well. We had only just met a month ago. What if he was The One?

How could I make a promise to Theo that I couldn’t keep?

“You’re not answering me. There’s an answer in silence,” Theo said. He stared at me for a few long moments before rising to his feet. “Can I give you a piece of advice?”

“Sure,” I replied with a nod.

“Eternity is a lot longer than you probably realize. No matter who you do choose, you should choose wisely.”

Then, without saying another word, he turned his back to me and walked out of the room.

As he left me sitting there on my bed alone, I knew that he was wrong.

Theo could think whatever the hell he wanted, but I had seen it in Kane’s eyes; I’d heard it in his voice. It was evidenced by the fact that he had been following me around for literally hundreds of years.

Good wolf or bad wolf, I believed with all my heart that in some crazy or twisted way, Kane really did love me. And even though knowing that gave me all the feels, it scared the shit out of me, too.

Aiden had told me a story about Kane. He had once killed a girl who he had been in love with, a girl who hadn’t loved him back.

Knowing that there was a chance that Kane could do the same thing to me if I didn’t choose him in the end wasn’t what scared me the most, though.

No, the part that scared me the most was that I genuinely, and foolishly, believed that he would never do the same thing to me.

Chapter 18

I didn’t end up calling