CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
“I’m sorry,” I whispered. We had just completed the biology paper and were headed to the canteen area with Lucian by my side. Alec had been the first one to step out of class and I knew he could not face Lucian now that his secret was out.
“Sorry does not cut it Red. You lied to me about the Principal and kept the secret about Jacob being a demon too. What if Alec had gotten hurt? I would have had myself to blame for the rest of my life. He is a brother to me. I can’t let any harm befall him or Chase. I’ve lost two brothers already; I can’t lose the ones I have left,” They had ended up getting Saturday detention which was actually worse than getting the normal one-hour detention after school.
“You think it was easy for me to look you in the eye and lie about i
