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Cafeteria Catastrophe
I stand there in the hallway for a moment dumbstruck, trying to analyse what just happened.
Kallan talked to me, by choice, and he was nervous! In all my life I never thought I’d see a Lycan nervous. I know he didn’t strictly ask me to go to the party with him, that would have been absurd, I tell myself. But he did ask if I was going… and he seemed pleased when I said yes…
A small flurry of butterflies quickly appears behind my navel. But then, just as quickly, I shake the thoughts from my head. Don’t get ahead of yourself Enola. You have a mate somewhere and when you meet him, you’ll forget all about that irresistible sexy Lycan.
Hannah and I meet up at lunch and I’m itching to tell her about my latest encounter with Mr O’Dreamy, as she’s taken to calling him. She gets the table today whilst I queue up for food.
The food here is okay, if you don’t mind everything you consume being beige and fried. Luckily with our fast metabolisms and traini
Briar RoseHi readers! I hope you're all keeping safe and well. I'd just like to explain to you all why I am only updating weekly at the moment. I am currently in my final year of a Masters degree and my research thesis takes up a huge portion of not only my time, but my writing energy. It's amazing how easily I can get 15,000 words down for this book that I'm enjoying writing so much, compared to how difficult it is to write my paper. I also work for the NHS (healthcare in the UK for any non UK readers), and with the pandemic, work is heavy with pressure at the moment. So, I hope you'll forgive me, but rest assured as soon as my thesis is out of the way, chapters will be updated more frequently - it will not take you 6 months to finish this book, promise.
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