Chapter 27: Goodbye

My fear slowly melts away as Bill reaches out to help me up. I slap his hand away with a sneer and he frowns. He has never once been kind to me, even when the Alpha was looking. I highly doubt it’s going to change now that I’m a rogue. He sighs heavily and frowns.

“Look, if I had known…” He pauses and runs his hands through his hair. “I didn’t realize–”

“What the hell are you doing out here?” I scoff, standing and dusting myself off. “Come to gloat as I cross the line and fully become rogue?”

He shakes his head in shock. “What? No! I picked up my mate’s scent and followed it.”

I snort and dry chuckle. “Poor girl probably realized it was you and ran.” I mutter.

“Yeah, kind of my worry too,” he responds.

I stand in front of him awkwardly, waiting for him to excuse himself or for me to grow a pair and cross the border. Instead, we both avoid eye contact and stand in silence. After a moment of swinging my arms, waiting for something, anything, I huff out a sigh.

“Well, I’ll be going the