Chapter 36: Not a Date

I could’ve kept reading right through training. Not that the book was so interesting, but I wanted to see how many of the clues on the slip of paper I could find in the book.

By halfway through, I had only found three of them.

And then I had to stop and go to training.

I was distracted all the way through training, and now that it’s over, I really want to grab my book out of my bag and rush home and get back to it.

But, Alice is coming at me, and I know she wants to talk about Eli.

I don’t want to hear it. I’ll have to talk about my mate, and I don’t have one.

Not really.

Before she can get to me, I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn around to see Greg looking at me. His beard is really growing out. It’s even longer today than it was yesterday. “Hey,” I say. “Wow. You’re very talented in the facial hair growth department.”