Chapter 29

Chapter

Twenty-Nine

Iwas flushed by the time Demetri and Liam returned, still replaying what had happened in the living roomover and over againthroughout my shower and changing into another set of clothes.

It wasn't just Cal that wanted me. That was clear.

And it wasn't just Liam either.

Demetri thought the moment he walked through the door, I could tell he knew. He froze for a second, looking between his pack mates as if they had the proof written all over themselves—or maybe through this mysterious pack bond I heard Cal mutter about now once or twicebutI still hadn't the courage yet to ask more about beyond what I already knew.

Yet he said nothing.

"How did it go?" Cal asked.

"We're going to dinner," said Demetri.

We all turned to look at him. Even I did. We were going out to dinner. Of course, he probably didn't include me in that statement. Ha! He barely even let me go to the university to save his research todaysayingit was too big of a risk.

But he only shrugged and looked at everyone whostill, like me, remained motionless."Let's go."

"You're serious."

"It'll all be over soon enough," the pack leader said."Everything isbeing settledandsoI think we all deserve anight to relax.All of us."

"And here I thought you turned all serious."

"In for a pennyinfor a pound," said Demerti with a laugh, his eyes landing directly on me as he extended a hand for me to take.

Maybe it wouldn't be so bad. Being able to laugh with them someday.

I took his hand and breathed in his rich chocolate scent all the way to the car.