Chapter 120

“I’m here to keep an eye on my mate,” Alaric whispered back, leaning back in his chair like he owned the place. “I need to protect you.”

Protect me from what? He was the one who needed the protection.

“If you hate me that much, just pretend like I’m not here,” he shot me a bold wink, and that’s when I knew this guy was going to be a big problem.

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That night at the dorm, I paced back and forth in the kitchen—thinking about the boy who was messing with my head.

What was he on about, talking about how he had to keep his eyes on his mate? He had completely lost it.

I bit my nails, trying to come up with the best solution to get rid of my not-so-little problem—but I didn’t know what to do anymore. I was trying to protect him, to keep him safe from me—but he was like a plague. He was unavoidable, always came back.

Yet, a part of me was happy to see him, happy to see that he was ready to fight for me.

No one ever had.

Not even