Helanie:
I walked over to their bedrooms in pain and waited outside awkwardly. I didn’t know how to talk to them. And I didn’t even know where they were.
"Last night was such a chance, but you screwed it up. You don’t value it when someone comes to help. You have to beg for it or you won’t be satisfied," Cora taunted me, and I rolled my eyes at her.
"I didn’t know Norman was in pain last night," I hissed.
"But you knew your mates were in pain," she reminded me, and I started shaking my head.
"What if Norman had two mates? Would it have been okay for him to go sleep with her if she was in pain?" Now that I flipped the situation, she didn’t have an answer or so I thought.
"Yes, if you had allowed it like Norman allowed," she said, making me grumpily scoff at her.
I heard some noises from downstairs, so I knew someone was watching TV. Norman had made it clear he’d be out in the woods, so it had to be one of my mates. Once I reached the living room, I saw Maximus with the TV on in the background while he held his phone.
"What?" Maximus asked in a loud and annoyed tone, shrugging his shoulders while lying on the couch. He had one leg bent over the other, shaking it while watching a video on his phone.
I didn’t know how to ask him if he was in pain. It didn’t seem like he was. He looked so relaxed. And then there was me, feeling excruciating pain.
"Where is Kaye?" I asked, deciding I’d rather talk to him since Maximus was acting up.
"He’ll be around somewhere. Go find him. I’m not his assistant, I don’t know what he’s doing on a quiet night," he said, making my ears perk up.
So he really wasn’t in pain?
Before I could walk past him to look for Kaye, I saw Kaye walk in with food bags.
"I asked you to order—what took you so long?" Maximus asked him, sitting up and rubbing his hands. However, I noticed his veins were literally ready to pop out.
Kaye seemed to be clenching his jaw a lot too.
"Didn’t want the delivery driver to get ambushed by the Zharns, so I went out to get the food myself," Kaye answered before slowly turning to acknowledge me.
"You want some?" he asked, then looked down again.
They started to unpack the food, looking completely unbothered.
"Am I the only one in pain tonight?" I’d had enough, so I asked in a loud voice.
"Seems like karma to me," Maximus muttered, holding a chicken wing and examining it like he’d never seen one before.
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