Chapter 107. Similar Eyes

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“You’re not coming back here?” Tessa’s voice crackled over the video call, but her concern came through loud and clear.

The screen on Cade’s tablet flickered slightly, revealing both her and Owen side by side in the common area back at the Academy. Tessa had her hair in a messy braid and dark circles under her eyes. Owen, as usual, wore a teasing expression, his eyes dancing with mischief.

I pursed my lips. “Just for a moment,” I said. “I can’t return while Winters is still in charge.”

Tessa nodded slowly. “Yeah, I get it.”

Owen tilted his head. “Wait, is Cade really running for Alpha?”

I smiled without meaning to and gave the smallest of nods.

“He got my vote,” Owen declared, throwing up two enthusiastic thumbs. But Tessa immediately smacked his arm.

“Don’t say that,” she muttered under her breath, casting a glance over her shoulder. “You don’t know who’s listening.”

I frowned. “Is the tension really that high in there?”