Chapter 37 | Support

Violet

“How much longer are we going to stay here?” Phoenix asks me. He’s getting antsy. He doesn’t like that Quirina left our pack. It doesn’t have to do with the fact that technically Charlie and Harper are in charge and how they’re helping take care of Felicity, he doesn’t like that Quirina went off to the Fourth Lake Pack by herself.

I shrug, “I don’t know, Phoenix. We came here to find answers and we haven’t discovered anything.”

He breathes out, running his hands through his dark hair and he asks, “Does it matter?”

I frown as I look up at him, “The fact the Academy lied to us and never told us about Quirina having a brother. Why did they keep that hidden? I don’t get it…”

“They were just starting out under the new rules, Vi. There’s a chance it was an oversight.”

I shake my head no, my gut tells me that he’s wrong that there’s more to it than he thinks. He sits on the edge of the bed and asks, “What do you think is going on?”

I sigh, “I-I don’t know, Nix. I just… I have to trust