Chapter 8

  Raleigh:

"Aaaand...there!" Cindy tugged on my hair as she finished doing whatever she was doing withit.I frowned, hesitantly reaching up to touch my soft locks.

"What did you do?" I asked.Cindy swirled the swivel chair around and grinned at me.

"I braided your hair, silly! Wow! Youlook so pretty like this!"I frowned, flipping my hair so my braid rested on my shoulder.

I petted the plaited strandscarefully as not to wreck her hard work.

It all happened so quickly—Cindy…Lucinda…Lucien.Suddenly, it felt like everything that had happened before was a blur, like an old movie.

Onemoment, I’m shuffling on a medical bed with Lucinda and Lucien, and the next, I’m sitting inawkward silence with Cindy while she toyed with my hair, trying to make it look nice for the triplater.

Against my best wishes, my stomach got butterflies at the thought of spending quality timewith Lucien.Your mate, the voice in my head whispered.I scoffed.