CHAPTER 53: 53-MY SEXY FRIEND.

Clementine:

"No, what do you mean?" I asked, pulling away.

She held my hand and gently pulled me back toward the table, leaning slightly over her food tray.

"Did you see the two of them look at each other weirdly?" she whispered, pointing at Suki and the guy. "His name is Jack. They are all from the same pack. Even though Suki was Joshua’s royal beta, she used to spend a lot of time on the training ground." she added. "I think Jack and Suki are having an affair behind Joshua’s back," she said so excitedly that I instantly pulled back and looked around, making sure nobody had heard us, especially her own squadmates.

But it seemed like the two girls were mostly in their own world. They usually kept to themselves and spoke to each other in the calmest, softest tones, so no one could overhear.

"I don’t know. I didn’t see anything," I said, shrugging my shoulders and trying to focus on my food. She was nice, but she talked too much, and I didn’t like to talk all the time, or at least not constantly.

"Oh, that would be so bad if he naturally finds out about it," she said, giving me a sad pout. I rolled my eyes at her, then gave her a warning look, silently telling her not to be the one to reveal the affair.

Thankfully, we finished the rest of the meal in silence. Well, not entirely in silence, she did try to start gossip here and there, but once she realized I wasn’t interested, she stopped.

After we were done, we were asked to stand with our squadmates. I stood about two feet away from mine, because every time I tried to get closer, they would start grunting, those awful alpha grunts I hate so much. So I decided to keep my distance. And somehow, once the ringleaders arrived, they didn’t ask me to stand closer either.

I guess they knew that after I made my squad stay behind, or betrayed them, to put it plainly, it was obvious I’d keep my distance, or else they’d make me suffer for it.

Then we were told to return to our rooms. I rushed to the bathroom first, almost instantly, so I could shower and change before they had the chance to make my life miserable.

While I was in the shower, I heard voices from outside. One of them sounded feminine. I knew my squadmates had deep, rough, grunty voices, like heavy malfunctioning robots talking, so the voice didn’t match.

When I finished showering and came out, I understood why it had sounded so different.

"Oriana? What are you doing here?" I asked, confused. My hair was wet, the towel still in my hand. My grey, long, baggy shirt was damp with water droplets, and I wore loose grey pajama pants for the night.

But it was Oriana who caught my attention. She was wearing a beautiful black lingerie set. Her cleavage was deep and breasts were on display, so round and perfect that even my eyes landed there.

"Oh, I came here looking for you. I actually kept a chocolate the other day and decided to hand one over to you. I thought you might like sweets," She started speaking. She was twirling some of her strands around one index finger while holding the chocolate out for me with the other hand. She looked like she was ready for a very sexy runway walk. Her nightie barely covered her ass, and the panties she wore underneath were so small that half of her ass was exposed. I mean, I wouldn’t judge her. She was gorgeous and had an amazing body. And with that confidence, it was a chef’s kiss. But I was bothered because my dormmates were watching her like hungry beasts. It reminded me that after a while, some of the Crusaders became so desperate that they started doing it with whoever they could find, definitely with their consents.

"Oh, that’s very kind of you," I said, a little confused because my attention kept diverting to my squadmates. Ian was sitting in his study chair, writing something in his diary. As always, he liked to note everything. But then there were the three hungry beasts. Troy had left his shirt buttons open on purpose, watching her with a smirk on his lips. Yorick was sitting on his bed, staring at her with narrowed eyes. And then there was Haiden. He stood by the window, arms folded over his chest, but he wasn’t smirking.

"You did not bring us anything?" Troy asked, sounding very playful.

"Oh, I didn’t know you liked chocolates. I mean, look at you. You don’t seem like someone who eats sugar," she complimented him, raising one shoulder up high, trying to sound so sexy and cute.

"Actually, you’re right. I don’t really eat sweets. I have to maintain my abs," Troy said, pointing at his abs, though they were under his shirt. She bit her bottom lip and squeezed her eyes just a little to make them look even sexier.

"Thank you so much," I told her, holding the chocolate and showing it to her, signaling that I had received it and she could leave.

"Oh yeah, I have to go before the lurkers find me here. They’ll punish me," she said, finally realizing she had been standing in our room for too long.

"Bye, boys," she added, then started waving her fingers back and forth to say goodbye. Troy blushed, while Yorick just waved his hand in a very sexy way.

Before walking away, she paused and looked at Haiden.

"I’m sorry for your loss. I heard Sadie was pregnant with your child. Please try to move on. And if you need someone to talk to, I’m always here," she said softly, but also sweetly.

Haiden gave her a head nod, and it seemed that bringing up Sadie had spoiled his mood again. As she walked out, I followed her to the door. She turned around and started acting like herself again, not the sexy version.

"Oh my God, they are so cool," she said, jumping up and down.

"Oriana, you need to go before the lurkers come," I told her, because I could see one of them in the distance.

"Oh yeah, bye bye," she said, rushing away and ducking down, almost hiding behind the railing of the passageway.

Once she was gone, I turned around to enter the room but found my door locked.