CHAOS.
The lighter clicked on and off in my hand, the small flame flickering for half a second before disappearing into nothing.
I wasn’t burning anything; I was just passing time. Keeping my hands busy seemed to help. Now that the elixir was off the table, I had to find other ways to occupy myself and, more importantly, my wolf.
Tonight, that meant doing something I didn’t usually let myself do: following my mate.
Even after all this time, it still felt strange to think of Merrielynn as my mate. That word carried weight, more than I wanted to admit. But it was the truth, and my wolf reminded me of it every chance it got.
I was parked just outside the school, where I knew she’d been holed up for hours. Between the planning committee and her school paper job, she’d clearly decided sle
