“I love you, too.” I barely restrained myself from smashing my phone. Instead, I blew out a breath, and gently placed the phone in my bag. I wasn’t giving up that easily.
Dastien knew more than he’d said earlier, and if I couldn’t convince him to tell me where my cousins lived, then someone else would.
My stomach growled, which wasn’t a good sign. I needed to eat something before my wolf went totally crazy.
I made my way to the common room. The fridge was well-stocked with all kinds of snacks, prepared meals, and treats. I grabbed five sandwiches, a jumbo bag of chips, an orange Fanta, and shoved everything in my bag. Not the best breakfast ever, but it’d do.
I left the dorms and went in search of Dastien.
***
My mate proved harder to find than I’d thought. He wasn’t in any of his usual haunts—the cafeteria, the gym, or on the Cazadores course, the totally nuts obstacle course used to train super badass werewolf warriors. I was two-and-a-half sandwiches in before I finally found him in Mr. Dawson’s office.
While Mr. Dawson was away tracking down pack alphas for the Tribunal, Dastien was in charge of St. Ailbe’s. I was proud that Dastien was strong enough to control all the werewolves in the school, but having him in charge was awkward since I was still a senior. Though no one seemed to care about that besides me.
Mr. Dawson’s secretary was at her desk, typing away outside his door. Mrs. Kilburn’s gray hair was pulled back in a tidy bun at the nape of her neck and her olive green cardigan was buttoned to her neck. It seemed a little much for summer, but who was I to judge? I used to wear gloves year round.
She waved me past without looking up from her computer. I knocked once and opened the door.
Dastien was seated behind Mr. Dawson’s massive desk. “You didn’t go to class?”
I raised an eyebrow at that. Did he actually think I was going to go study Shakespeare while this was going on? “No. I didn’t go to class.”
“Right.” He drew out the word a bit, but didn’t ask why. He knew why.
I sat in one of the big brown leather chairs, and Dastien came around to sit on the desk in front of me.