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An uncomfortable silence hang between the two of us as we walked back to the compounds. It was lunch time and Tamsin seemed really excited about the dish of the day. She had more to say and feel about her love for meatballs than what was going on between us.
“You go ahead, I’m not hungry.” I detoured from the common hall, hoping to be alone in my room.
“You’re not? You just shifted?”
“I’m fine,” I lied, ignoring my grumbling stomach. I could eat a whole cow, but I didn’t want to admit that. I couldn’t be around her, not now. Not when she looked at me with those eyes, those mesmerising orbs that hid something from me, something that hurt my very soul.
She said she wanted to find her mate and yet… She was denying me left and right.
“Holly? Are you okay?”
“Yes, just tired. I’ll catc
