Lily sat across me swirling her straw making patterns in her beverage. I had dialed her back after she so rudely hung up on me. I was willing to clear the tension between us if she was.
We were in the kitchen inside the committee building and it felt as if I were the one visiting.
It was that uncomfortable.
"Look, I know you're annoyed with me. I just want to know why," I said and a hint of irritation seeped into my voice and Lily looked up at me with an eyebrow raised.
"You really can't tell? You have everything!" she said clenching her jaw and I looked at her in puzzlement.
"First they choose you for a scholarship, the alpha turns out to be your mate, all this drama happens and to top it off you're an Elemental!" Lily said her eyes burning in what I now can describe as jealousy.
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