I didn’t even realize how much of the day had bled away until I glanced at the time glowing on my phone. My stomach dropped like a stone.
Shit.
I hadn’t missed the entire day, but I had blown off nearly all my afternoon classes—something the vice principal would absolutely chew me out for. Lila had already told me I should just drop her brothers’ names and walk free, but I’d refused before she even finished the sentence. There was no universe where I let the quads think I needed their shadow to operate. The last thing I was doing was handing them more leverage.
And realistically?
The vice principal would laugh me out of her office.
“Oh, you’re mated to the Alphas? Sure. And I’m the f*****g Moon Goddess.”
That mental image alone made me scowl as I trudged toward the student center. Th
