Chapter 328

Levine
“Hey,’’ Badger opens the door to my room and walks in with a smile on his face. I jump up from my chair because he is not supposed to be here. My phone is still in my grip as he walks closer to me. I was just texting him. I didn’t expect him to be in my room.
“What are you doing here?’’ I ask him immediately. My eyes keep swaying to the door, almost like I am about to get caught or something. I have never brought a guy into my room. I have always been a stickler for the rules.
“I missed you,’’ he pulls me into his arms and for a second, I welcome him wholeheartedly. Having someone that gives you warmth is the best feeling ever and in his arms right now, in this moment, I feel secure. Everything that happened in the last hour is gone for a second.
“You can’t be here,’’ I breathe into his chest as my head rests on it gently. He caresses the top of my hair and I take a long breath, wanting to enjoy this for a second longer.
“How are you?’’ he asks me calmly. His voice is like music to my ears. The kind that you just want to get lost in.
I close my eyes and memories from earlier in the day swarm in. I can’t believe I agreed to help her. I can’t believe she threatened me. Analise is going too far and I don’t know how much longer of her I can take. She said I will be free to leave when we turn eighteen but I have a feeling that things will be worse by then. I can’t handle more of her. The things she is doing. I want to tell dad. I need to tell him that she went into the forbidden room. That she is reading the books. The spells that are not to be tampered with. Dad will understand. I might not really have a relationship with my mother but I have one with him. He will help her.
“Something is wrong,” he says pulling me out of my thoughts. I look up at him and he is watching me, with this concerned look, sometimes, I think Badger is not sincere. I mean, it all happened too fast. It all happened and I still don’t know how to handle it but at this moment, in his arms. I feel like I could trust him. I need someone to talk to and maybe he wouldn’t be such a bad idea.
“Can we go to your place?” I ask him calmly.
I don’t know if this is a good idea. Trusting him but I want to. I want someone in my corner and it pretty obvious that Analise is not that person. I have always been by her side and the one time I don’t feel comfortable being there, she uses it against me.
“My mom is home,’’ he manages calmly.
He is basically telling me that we can’t go there right now. I take a deep breath. He cups my face in his palm “What is wrong. You know you can talk to me,’’ he assures me.
Do I really know that?
“Is this about Lissy?’’ he pushes. The fact that he wants to know so badly must mean that he actually cares…right?
“Yes.’’
He nods immediately.
“Is she okay?’’ he asks and that concern shows when he asks about her. I know Badger cares about Lissy. In fact most times, I think he is more loyal to her than me. The fact that we are kind of an item right now doesn’t mean he will choose me over her.
I don’t know what I am even thinking. All these thoughts are running through my mind. I am so out of it right.
“Yeah, she is.’’
Technically, there is nothing wrong with her. Yes, she is pregnant and it might come as a shock to our parents but they will eventually calm down. They will look for a solution to everything. She doesn’t need to take things so far. She doesn’t need to react the way she is. The things she wants to do to get rid of the baby.
It all makes no sense to me.
I tell Badger everything and the concerned expression on his face, transitions into shock and then disbelief at my words. Telling him that we went into the forbidden room might be a mistake but it feels good to actually let it all out.
He lets go of me just as I finish all I have to say. “You can’t tell anyone,’’ I breathe out because, at the end of it all, I want to keep my promise to her.
“You have to tell your mother.’’
I shake my head immediately “No way. I just have to find a way to convince Lissy that this is not the best thing to do. I have to make sure that she doesn’t go along with this.’
He sighs and then I watch him run his hands through his hair. I know what he wants to do but that is not what we are going to do. This is his chance to prove that I can actually trust him. I didn’t have any reason to stay in the coven but now, he is here, with me and there is some hesitation. I want him to come with me.
“Analise can’t be the next in line.’’ He breathes out, slowly letting go of his hair and walking back to me. He grabs my hands in his “You know as much as I do that she is dangerous. She is not a good person.’’
“She is not a bad person. She can change. She just needs me by her side.”
He shakes his head “You should be the one. You should take over after your mother,’’ he adds.
My heart races against my chest. It doesn’t sound like something that he just thought of. Badger actually thinks I will be better as the next chief. I don’t want that. I will never want that.
“You and me, we could rule this place beautifully,’’ he leans forward and suddenly, trusting him seems like the worst thing I could have done.
The door opens and Lissy walks in. she raises a brow at the sight in front of us and then a smile sprawls to her face “Someone is very bold right now,’’ she wiggles her brows.
I sigh.
“Come on. I need to show you something,’’ she tells me and I know whatever it is. She is up to no good.
Damn.
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