CHAPTER SIXTEEN:
~Drake:
Well, that could have gone better, Dane says to me as she runs out of view.
Yeah, well you were no help, I snap.
Someone’s touchy, Dane grumbles.
I think about following her but kill the notion. It would only freak her out more if she caught me. And as much as I want to see her, be near her, it feels wrong to do it without her knowing.
I walk a bit longer in the forest to try to clear my mind. It, of course, doesn’t work. I need to rail on something. Heading deeper into the trees, I look around carefully before deeming it’s safe to shift. I need to go on a run. Lose myself a bit. I can fix this, she just needs time.
And you need to not babble like an i***t, Dane quips.
Thanks for the confidence, I retort.
But despite the attitude, I can tell he’s thankful
