A little less than two hours later I sat in the clearing, Maria sitting next to me and grumbling about how her parents had lectured and grounded her. I winced sympathetically, blushing when she began to remind me exactly how much of an i***t I made myself out to be. I blamed it on the alcohol and fever. Thinking of my fever, I realized that it was very slight now, hardly noticeable. I was feeling a lot stronger. Perhaps that workout today had helped, as miserable as it had been.
"Don't forget when you told my parents and the Alpha how dreamy you thought Shang was!" She was giggling almost maniacally. My cheeks reddened further.
"Oh Maria, I managed to do worse than that while Gabriel was walking me home," I replied morosely.
To my surprise, Maria didn't ask what embarrassing thing I did
