Chapter 38. This Is Stupid

Lindsey

I sigh for the umpteenth time as I poke my fork into my cheesecake. Normally, I love desserts, but not today.

I glance around the ballroom at all the people dressed in formal attire as the air thickens, almost to the point I can’t breathe.

From the chair next to me, Bethany nudges my side with her elbow. “Hey, what are you thinking? We are supposed to be mingling with everyone and trying to find our mate. Hurry up and eat your dessert. If we don’t start moving around soon, your parents are going to come drag us around with them.”

She leans in close to me and whispers, “I would rather walk around by ourselves than to be dragged around with them. Sorry, I love your parents, but having to be next to them all night and listening to them talk about boring things isn’t my idea of fun.”

I take a deep breath and stab my cheesecake one last time. “This is stupid. If our mates were here, our wolves would have been going crazy already, and we would have fo