“They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite”― Cassandra Clare
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(Aleesa)
I stood up, too, intent on following Mikayla, and my eyes met Caleb. He gave me a stiff smile that made him look kind of constipated, but what the hell... he was still so damn handsome, and it wasn't the time to ogle the beta. My friend needed me.
I felt him mind-link me, and I hesitantly allowed him. "You look beautiful," he said as he stood there with a smile playing on his lips, and I didn't know why I smiled back, but I did. "Is everything alright with Kayla?" he asked, looking worried.
"I-I need to go."
"Aleesa, I missed you," he said before I closed the mind-link. I gave him a look, and the way he was looking at me made my mind blank. He was undressing me with
