Seraphina (Book 2C of Wolfcreek Series)

Chapter 10

"TJ?" my cousin asked, worry filling her voice when I didn't do anything but laid there with my eyes closed and trying to control my breathing. "Are you still alive?"

I bit back a small groan while I closed my eyes tighter and slowly nodded. "Yes," I said, my voice barely above a whisper. "I am still alive."

She breathed a sigh of relief, and I had a feeling that her shoulders sagged with relief as well. "Good," she said, her voice breathless with a small chuckle in her voice. "I thought I had killed you."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes while I opened my eyes and looked at her to see that her eyes were closed with red cheeks. I slowly blinked and blinked again, not sure why her eyes were closed and her cheeks red. "Uh... what's going on?" I asked, my voice barely above a whisper and cracking. "Why are your eyes closed?"

"You're in your birthday suit," she said, and her cheeks turned redder, something that I didn't know was possible. "You need to put on some pants and cover yourself."

I raised an eyebrow and slowly blinked, my mind going blank because I had no idea what she meant.

"She still has the order on her," Sergio said, amusement filling his voice while he watched the whole thing. "Are you sure that it will work, even though he is your cousin?"

"I do not want to risk it," Cass said with a small shake of her head, her cheeks turning another shade of red, and I slowly blinked, confused, not knowing what's going on.

"Huh?" I asked while I looked between the two of them, furrowing my brows further. "What? What's going on?"

"Your penis is hanging out, Tobias Jones," Cass said, and she covered her cheeks to hide the redness of them. "You need to put on some pants so that I don't have to follow my orders, even though you are my cousin, and it shouldn't work on you."

I didn't say a word while I blinked and blinked again while I stared at her with a blank look on my face, still not knowing what was going on.

"Do you need help?" Sergio asked while he laughed. He walked over to me with a pair of Guardsmen pants in his hands. "Or do you think you can do it?"

I gritted my teeth together and set my jaw while I closed my eyes, feeling the urge to attack him while he got closer to me. I turned away from him and grew tense, my heart pounding harder in my chest.

"Don't," Cass said as if she knew what I was feeling. There was a slightly warning in her tone that I could pick up on, and I had no idea if it was directed toward me or him. "Stop moving toward him, Sergio."

Sergio stopped and looked at her with wide eyes. He hesitated before he looked at me and then at her again. "Bu-"

"No," she said, interrupting him while she shook her head. "It's not safe."

Sergio pressed his lips into a thin line before he looked at me again. He didn't say a word, but he stopped moving toward me, which I was grateful for, even though I couldn't help but feel slightly guilty.

However, like Cass, I didn't want to hurt him by accident... especially when I wasn't fully in control of myself.

"Toss him the pants, Sergio. TJ, will you be able to put them on by yourself?"

"I don't know," I said, my voice barely above a whisper while I shook my head and pursed my lips in annoyance, "but I don't want Sergio's help."

"R-"

"Sergio," Cass warned, and I had a feeling that she bared her teeth at him with a small growl of warning. "Shut up. Don't make him feel guilty when you already know the truth and why he doesn't want your help."