#Chapter 369 – Hope

The room is quiet when I get back in the morning, dressed again in Cadet black with Rafe’s cap on my head. I look around and frown as Jesse and Rafe escort me in, doggedly close to my heels and my side. Very sweet in thought. Very annoying in practicality. “Where’s Jacks?” I ask, turning towards them when I realize that he’s not here, as I assumed he would be. “He went to class, Ari,” Rafe says, quietly shutting the door and watching me carefully. “Well, why aren’t you in class?” I ask, putting my hands on my waist and glaring at my brother and my cousin. “Because we’re not letting you out of our sight ever again, you idiot,” Jesse says, cheerful, wrapping an arm around my shoulders and leading me over to the couch where very gently forces me to sit down and then spreads a blanket over my lap. I scowl at him and his over-protective Alpha bullshit. But then my fears catch up with me as Rafe crosses to his chair and sighs, plopping down into it. “But…” I bite my lip, look