Chapter Five
ZEKE
I knew there was a reason Mum called beyond just making me feel like crap before my first heat after my birthday, as she does every year. She never does it to catch up or whatever. Every time she calls, something happens. And this time…
I can’t believe it. I just can’t.
Wes doesn’t get it, he doesn’t even know. He knows my name is on the arranged marriages list, but that’s all.
The relief of him knowing about it at all was so big. I couldn’t believe how much relief I’d feel just knowing that Wes knew about me. That he knew about the pressure I was under.
Of course, Clay told him, that made sense. Clay’s the only one here who knows about most of my past.
I don’t even know what made me check Clay’s computer today. The way Clay’s been looking at me all those years. Th
