Chapter 19: Slumber Party
"So…how are things going with Alpha Linus?"
As was my customary reaction these days when anyone mentioned Valen’s name, my cheeks heated. Well… all of me heated.
The …incident—that’s how I referred to it in my head—with Valen had happened two days ago. If I had suspected him of avoiding me before that, I could most certainly confirm he was avoiding me now. Literally. And purposefully. He had taken to spending the last two nights at Lucas’ house. A fact I had learned from Meredith.
I happened upon him yesterday after visiting Silas at the clinic. He’d seen me. He’d also seen that I saw him. And he’d turned and started in the opposite direction. I would have found the situation amusing if I hadn’t been a ball of nerves. Still was in fact.
And in truth, for the first time, I wasn’t the least bit put out by his avoidance. I’d felt relieved.