imed by My Bully Alpha

bChapter /bb97 /b

Caleb’s P.O.V

I shook my head at the ridiculous behavior,ughing at Caroline as she stormed up the stairs. The rest of the girls did turn to give me a mean look even though I hadn’t done anything, but I guess that was how girl gangs worked?

Jade, having witnessed the whole incident, gave me a ‘what–did–you–do–this–time‘ look. Shaking my head at her antics, I told fade why Caroline had been bso /bupset. But instead ofughing at the joke, he seemed to be deep in thought.

“Come on,

man!” I shook my head, pping my hand on his shoulder to snap him out of that look. “It was a joke. Of course Caroline bisn’t /bgay!”

“I know.” Jade nodded. “But that’s not what I was thinking about.”

“Then what were you thinking about?” I raised my eyebrows at him.

I had been just joking! Seriously! Aurora was already my mate and even if Caroline was gay…which I knew she wasn’t, I thinkb…/bbthere /bwas no way in hell 1 was letting her near Aurora again if she thought she was going to steal my girl.

“It’s about what you said.” This time, when Jade’s golden beyes /bmet mine, they were dead serious. “When exactly did you notice this connection bbetween /bthem? Before or after you found out Aurora was your mate?”

Now that was a good question. When did I even notice this connection? Was I mistaken about this whole thing? Making scenarios in bmy /bhead that weren’t actually real? Was there any real point in even bringing this up?

“I…I never really paid attention to Aurora until about a month ago.” I admitted sheepishly, feeling terrible for my past actionsb. /b“And Aurora never really got close to Caroline until-”

But then I did remember when I had first noticed this connection between Caroline and Aurora, and it had been a long btime /bago, way before my birthdayb. /b

‘I’m not trying to force you together, Caleb. I genuinely think there’s something wrong with Mr. Hemming. Did you even notice how he was looking at Aurora today? When the ss was emptying out? It was almost like he was anticipating something.‘

Caroline’s words from ages ago came to my mind. It had been the day that wretched math teacher had tried to force himself on Aurora. Even thinking about that scumbag made my blood boil… but that had been where it had started. Caroline had known something was off when iI /ihad failed to notice it.

And when we had found Aurora afterwards, she had epted Caroline, with open arms, the same way she had done the night I had brought her to the pack house to get treated.

None of us had called Caroline to the room that night, when Aurora had woken up in panic after seeing me in my wolf form…but she had knownb…/band she hade to help. If it hadn’t been for Caroline, I don’t think any of us would have been able to take care bof /bAurora, especially since she was freaking out big time, her life having turned upside down just moment ago.

“It was right from the start.” I told Jade now, my frown deepening as well. b“/bCaroline and Aurora had never really crossed paths until that day in the cafeteria when Mia was being a bitch, but beven /bthen, Caroline had known that Aurora was in trouble that time the math teacher tried to pull shit. She had known when Aurora had been trying to escape from the pack house as bwell /band had calmed her down from her panic attack. Fuck! What’s going on?b” /b

This whole gut feeling of mine was turning into some kind bof /bominous shit that I was now getting bweary /bof. Why the fuck did bI /beven have to open my mouth? Shit! I should’ve just kept it to myself.

bture /bAlpha and I was

But would that really have helped? Since bI /bbwas /ba child, my parents had taught me not to ignore gut feelings like this. I was

n of them werepletely supposed to have stronger senses than most wolves…however, I had no idea what this connection between them beven /bmean different individuals, not just in personality but they belonged to different species. Wolf and human. Then how could the btwo /bof them even be linkedb? /b

“Do you think I’m overthinking or just…jealous of the connection that Care has with Aurora?” asked Jade, since bhe /bbwas /bbalways /ban impartial judge. “I mean…I really want to be there for Aurora but when she really needs someone, it’s always Care she turns to.”

“That’s normal, I guess.” Jade shrugged, adjusting his ssesb. /b“They’re both women and Caroline makes her feel safe. As for you being jealousb? /bI have no idea. You need to figure your feelings out yourself on this one. I have no mate, so I can’t really tell.”

b“/bBut so you really think I’m grasping at straws here or is something really going on and bwe’re /bnot baware /bof bthis/bb?/bb” /bbI /basked againb, /bjust to bbe /bbcertain/b,

“I don’t bknow /bfor certain, but I think I have an idea.” Jade confirmed my thoughts. “How about we focus on this after the matchb? /bThere’s no rush right) f need to do some research on the topic but it shouldn’t be anything to worry about.”

“It better not beb./bb” /bI pinched the bridge of my nose bin /bfrustration. “If you throw another Shane–like curveball at me this time, bI /bbswear /bI’m going to murder

you.”

“Nah.” Jade pped my arm and moved away from his jeep that we had been leaning on, just as the first bell rang. “Come on! bI /bpromise this isn’t a curveball…at least not the Shane kind.”

“I’ll be holding you to that.”

I followed Jade inside the building, but my mind kept wandering back to Aurora. I needed to apologize for my rash behaviour and I needed to do it soon. Hopefully, when Caroline teaches me to make dumplingsb…/bbI /bjust might get to start my journey with her anew…if she decided to forgive me in the first ce.

My only hope was that I didn’t screw this one up…like I had countless others.

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