Miri's Pov
I stepped through the academy gates with one hand clutching the strap of my bag and the other tucked loosely into my coat pocket. Riven sauntered at my left, humming something under his breath with the smug kind of smirk that always got him stared at. Caius walked on my right, silent but close enough that our arms brushed every so often. The morning sun was mild, the sky a pale winter blue, and I hated how the peace of it didn't match the static crawling along my spine.
Since they slept in the fortress, we had to come to school together.
I was going to be totally exposed because of that.
The courtyard buzzed. I didn't need wolf hearing to catch the whispers.
"That's Miri—"
"Mated to Riven, right? What's Caius doing with them?"
"I heard they're all mated to each other. Some people saw Caius and Riven going in the direction of the fortress together."
"She's half-witch though. Two mates is unfair. Maybe she spelled them both?"
