Mated to Two Bad Boy Alphas (Lia zane Blake) novel Chapter 44

Chapter 33 – Stuck

A WEEK LATER

–LIA’S POV–

“Miss Snow!”

I snapped out of my chain of thoughts, like I’d been woken from a dream. Immediately, I stood up from my seat, the chair scraping loudly against the floor. My heart pounded in my chest, as the classroom filled with amused snickers.

“Where are you?” Mrs. Dylon asked, staring at me with utter exasperation on her face.

I blinked. “Right here, Ma’am,” I muttered, frowning.

“No, you’re not,” she said. “Physically, yes. Mentally, you’re elsewhere. Would you like to tell us what land your mind had drifted off to?” She gestured with her hand.

I lowered my gaze, scratching my nose. “I’m sorry. I just… I need to use the washroom.”

My classmates laughed louder.

“Shut up!” Blake yelled, making me flinch.

Silence followed. Then Mrs. Dylon cleared her throat loudly.

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“You may go to the washroom, Miss Snow. And Mr. Walker, you may accompany her. Both of you, do not return to this classroom.”

The heat of tears filled my eyes, and I picked up my things, walking out. Blake followed behind me, but I kept my pace quick, trying to avoid him.

“Lia,” he finally said as he caught my wrist. “Wait.“.

I turned to him with a glare. “What?”

His face fell when he saw mine. “What’s wrong?” he asked softly. “You haven’t been yourself in the last few days. Is this because of what I think it is?”

I yanked my wrist free from his hold and stepped away. “What do you think it is?”

“I think it’s because Zane and his Hounds have disappeared,” Blake said through a clenched jaw.

My throat constricted.

“They haven’t disappeared,” I said. “This is just a trick.”

It had to be. It had to be his way of getting on my nerves.

Blake’s eyes lightened up. “Exactly,” he agreed. “I am so glad

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you see through it. He is trying to get your attention by disappearing. He wants you to worry about him and wonder where he went.”

I swallowed. “Yes, I know. He’s not getting my attention. But neither are you, so leave me alone.”

I walked away from him, hurrying to the girls‘ washroom and settling inside a stall. I locked the door and sat down on the toilet, burying my face in my hands.

I had lied to Blake.

Zane was getting my attention. Every last bit of it.

He had stopped coming to school the day after he walked me home. He hadn’t called or texted. And it had been a whole week. He hadn’t even shown up to my house, not during the day and not at night. And by now, I was losing my mind.

I kept thinking about the message I had left to The Order in that moment of fear and annoyance, after Sheila had threatened me. She had had ticked me off, and in that moment of fear and annoyance, I’d sent that text.

But now I was starting to worry.

What if I had created trouble for them? What if they were being hunted because of me?

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I didn’t want that. I never wanted to put him in any kind of danger.

Or was I overthinking this? Could Zane simply be upset because my mom was rude to him? He didn’t seem like the guy to give up so easily. His friends didn’t quit bullying me even after my mom scolded them multiple times. There was no way he would quit pursuing me just because she was rude to him.

But then where was he?

At this point, I was considering showing up to his house. Or at least giving him a call.

But I couldn’t do that. Not when I knew what that would mean.

If he found out that I was affected by his absence, only God knew what that would lead to. I had to stay away from him. I had to stay away from both of them—all of those werewolves. My life did not need this complication.

I heard the bell, and took a deep breath, gathering myself. I couldn’t just sit there and freak out. I had to pay attention to school and my grades.

I stepped out and washed my hands, glancing at myself in the mirror. Letting out a heavy sigh, I walked out of the washroom, only to pause and frown. A buzz of chatter had me surrounded, and everybody stared in one direction, towards the entrance of the hallway. I stepped forward and glanced there too, my breath

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catching in my throat.

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Zane Adams and his Hounds were back. But he was not alone.

He stood near the lockers, a girl leaning against one of them, as he smiled down at her, his arm resting above her head on the wall. She said something to him, and he leaned in closer to her, down to her ear.

I turned away, my eyes wide. A ringing sound filled my ears.

So this was why he wasn’t showing up to school. Why he wasn’t texting me, calling me or sneaking into my bedroom anymore.

He had someone else. He’d been busy with her.

An ache broke out in my heart, making me suck in a breath.

What was this feeling?

I frowned, turning around to look at him.

Zane had leaned away from the girl now, and was staring directly at me.

A tear rolled down my cheek, and I wiped it off, clenching my jaw.

Why had he been flirting with me, trying to get me when he could simply get another girl so easily?

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