My Secret, My Bully, My Mates (skylar) by Miss l Free novel Chapter 474

“I have Sam and Mateo watching her. They seem to be like me and see both sides of whatever this is. Oh, speaking of which,” He takes the backpack he was wearing off and hands me two gallon sized zip top bags with clothes in them.

“What are these?” I’m actually afraid of the answer to this question.

“I know you are having nightmares, so don’t lie.” He holds up his hand to stop my protest. “I assume Jena is too, so I brought one of Mateo’s shirts for her since that seemed to help and I brought you one of Cam and Kota’s shirts. And just so we’re on the same page I will be taking one of yours and one of Jena’s to hide in their rooms. Actually I will need two of yours. Cam and Kota have gone back to being in separate rooms.” His look is so pained.

“They don’t sleep apart though, they never have.” I whisper.

“They did once, remember?” He looks me dead in the eyes. “The last time you left, they slept in separate rooms for almost a year. If I had to guess based on all the crazy ass timelines. It was right after the time you had been captured until you came back to us. They have also taken to dressing alike. Do you remember their social experiment?”

“Yeah.” I smile and laugh at the ridiculous memory. “That feels like forever ago. They were trying to prove that it was some kind of great phenomenon that I could tell them apart.”

“Well apparently it helps keep the crazies at bay and even their parents can’t tell them apart. And they won’t confirm who is who. They only speak out loud when they have to. They mindlink everything, and their wolves seem to be a part of all the conversations which change their voices. They don’t trust, and for good reason. They have everyone at arm’s length. Something deep in them knows something is wrong, I can see it in their faces, but they are stuck and can’t fix it alone. Since I have been spending time with you, I have started to see their differences and I think seeing them as individuals without assistance helps them focus, but it's a huge battle. Sam and Mateo aren’t much better. Mateo has become more angry, he just radiates hostility, that is keeping people away from him. Sam just talks less and doesn’t smile at all. Although Sam might just be sad about Sierra not being here and doesn’t give a sh*t about anything.”

“What? Where did she go?”

“Don’t know. She left a note saying she had something to work on and she had to leave in the middle of the night because of the lockdown. No one has heard from her since and I think he might be losing his mind a little over it. I think he’s nervous because she turned 18 and we all know that he thinks they are mates, but she bailed before his birthday. I think he’s afraid he lost her.”

Oh sh*t, that would probably mess me up too. We all know he loves her and it was just a matter of them waiting until they were 18 to confirm their feelings.

“I’ll ask Osiston. I was able to connect with him. I have been sending her texts everyday and they show up read, but she never answers. Same with Mina. Everyone is working on this Rogue King thing so they aren’t worried about our trivial problems here.”

“What’s happening here isn’t trivial, trust me. This is big, but still really fractured, nothing makes sense yet.”

“Oh, there you are! Everyone is wondering where you snuck off too.” Oliver and I both jump at Lenny’s words. “Better walk home with me then, you don’t want them smelling her on you now. They are already not stable.”