Chapter 182

"Wait!" she said. I felt her small hand grab my wrist and I stopped, not so much as looking at her because I couldn't even bear it. "Promise you won't do anything rash until we figure out what's really going on," she said, surprising me. I had expected her to say something about our relationship, but once again, Nina's kindhearted nature came out. Even in the face of potential evil, she was calm and level headed and didn't want anyone to get hurt.

Somehow, that was a comfort to me: that Edward hadn't entirely broken Nina. He may have scarred both of us, but at least she would always be kind and gentle and caring. That was all that mattered.

"I won't," I said, still not able to bring myself to look at her. She let out a sigh of relief behind me, then released her grip on my wrist. Without another word, I stormed off, and when I was out of Nina's sight I pulled my mate's scarf and shoved my face in it, inhaling deeply. My mate's scent calmed my nerves and made me momentarily forget about my feelings for Nina, but at the same time, I realized even more now that both of their scents were oddly similar. I shook my head again. Maybe I was just picking up my mate's scent from the scarf and mistakenly thought it came from Nina. She had no wolf, and therefore, no scent. I was certain of it.