CHAPTER 31

  Raleigh

  "So, why are we going to the mall?"

  Cindy looked up from her phone, acknowledging me for the first time during our walk in the forest. It was damp all over the place. Dew glistened like sweat on the grass blades and thick vines. Mud crawled on my sneakers, latching onto my white cuffs.

  I grimaced.

  "I think we all just needed a break from pack drama, especially you. Lucien thought it would be good if you relaxed your mind and took it away from the pack problems, something he said and I quote 'is something I should be worried about. Not my mate'," Cindy explained.

  "This was Lucien's idea?" I asked, astonished. He looked so glum when I left, just like Jasmine and Benedict. This was his idea all along?

  Huh…

  Cindy grinned, nodding and Jasmine turned around to smile.

  "Yep. He said to buy whatever you want," She said.