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"Anna?" Adahts frorowled The door opened and Adam froze as he saw s

Nicholas sain," he told me and then pushed past Adah to turn my veins to ice He sla at his sides When he looked at er

"What the hell was that?"

I fumbled to wrap the towel back aroundaway, I wanted to cruround and bawl

"Hey," Adam said softer as he approached me "I’m sorry I didn’t mean to yell at you It’s not your fault"

I stared up at him "I didn’t stop him, and now you probably think I’ht ed me to him "I do not think you’re a whore, Anna Nicholas has a sort of superpower He can influence wo it’s almost impossible for fee of it He’s already slept with two of the women here I’m just happy I walked in when I did, and you didn’t end up number three"

What he said made me feel better, but I wasn’t completely sure whether Nicholas’ sexuality made me act that way or if it was just ht now--dirty"

"As do the other woman he tricked into bed, I suspect I’m sorry and if I could rip his heart from his chest, I would"

We were quiet for a while before I asked, "What did you want?"

"Hmm?"

"Why’d you knock, what made you come to the bathroom?" I wiped the tears that fell from my eyes and sniffed I felt like a complete idiot and of course Adam itness to my embarrassment

"It doesn’t matter," he said, and stepped away from me "Get dressed, dinner’s almost ready"

When he turned to leave, I hopped off of the counter and walked to hied him to a stop When he turned around he wouldn’t look at me He really does think I’m a whore

"I… wanted to see you," he adht in my throat and my heart pounded in my chest almost painfully "Oh," I breathed

"I’ll make sure Nicholas leaves you alone," he said before he slipped out of the bathroo tables and piled with food The pack ate like starving hyenas, but my appetite had waned The episode with Nicholas turned es, but I’d never considered sleeping with a iven in so easily I kept my eyes on the untouched food on aze The pack chatted about this and that, but I tuned theht about Ada lifted off of my heart As much as I craved sex, Adam was the one en I needed to burn I hated it and loved it at the saht as well have been halfway around the world for all the good it did e his relationship status

"I plan to take Anna to town tonight"