Max walked at the back of the group. He couldn’t bring himself to walk near August right now. His whole world had been shattered as if a kid had taken a snow globe and smashed it into the wall. How could August act like that? So blood-thirsty. So cruel? True, she had been through a lot. He knew that, but still, she hadn’t felt like this when he had spotted her during the tournament. Even her expression was different now.
What was even stranger to him, she was starting to smell like him now. He didn’t dislike the smell, it aroused him so much he could barely walk. It was another reason he chose to walk at the tail end of the group. It just wasn’t right for her to smell like that. He preferred her sweet natural scent that filled their apartment.
He didn’t doubt her new friends wouldn’t ap
