"Kae!"
A sweet voice sings, breaking me out of my self-pity. I forced a grin and hoped it looked genuine enough before turning to meet my best friend's eyes.
She returned the smile effortlessly, but it quickly faded away when she saw me step down on a bus and a forced cheering expression.
"Why are you riding a bus? Aren't you supposed to be with your mate?" she asked, switching over from-lucky girl to concerned best friend.
She reads me so thoroughly that I'm like an open book, and I sometimes don't know whether to scream or be happy about it.
I heaved a sigh.
"Alpha Gemini took Avery to his school, I think," I replied.
"Avery?"
"The guy you said that was special. She's her imprinted male," I replied.
"What?!" Leona's voice caught some students who were walking and gave us di
