Chapter 41: Awkward Lunch

Everly felt awful after her conversation with Jack in the hallway, but she felt like she needed to say something. It had been halfway through first period when she realized what she’d said to him the night before, that he knew that she’d spoken to someone in the other pack.

Because she’d told him.

How could she be so stupid?

Now, he was being all cute and kind, trying to look out for her, and all she wanted to do was yell at him and remind him that he’d said he’d destroy her.

But would he really do that? She had no idea. But she also didn’t know if she could trust Slate. She wanted to give him the opportunity to tell her what he could find out about her mom, and if she cut him off completely, she wouldn’t be able to do that. Jack wouldn’t be able to understand her reasoning. He’d tell her to just let it go, that they’d find a different way to figure out what had happened to her mom, but it had been