Chapter 30

Liam

I was tense. I figured it had been the stress from my economics test. Or maybe it was something to do with the approaching full moon, but we were still a week out from it. I paced my room back and forward, deep in thought. I couldn’t be this jittery around Clementine, she was bound to ask questions, and I didn’t know how to answer them. I hadn’t responded to her questions since I left her with her dad at the medical centre. Her text messages had been left mostly unanswered too.

This morning I received a message from Clementine wishing me luck on my test, and my entire stomach twisted into knots. I hadn’t replied to that one either. Instead, I turned my phone off and drove out to Kempthorne University.

I had told her I would go to Lupus’ after my test, but I couldn’t bring myself to go. My mind was all over the place. My body thrummed with unwanted tension. I felt like I wanted to burst out of my skin. Lucian was lying down with his head between his paws, watching me pace but of