“Yes.” I looked at Adrian, who was watching me expectantly. “Okay, you know the whole drill about me wanting to break free, so I’m gonna explain to Vlad.”

The second the thought was in my head, Vlad said, “Okay. I got it. You both were planning to burn the tree.”

Both of our jaws dropped on the hospital floor. “Geez, Zeus, so that’s how it works?! This is a—”

“—total breach of privacy.” Vlad finished my sentence.

“Okay, you.” I pointed at Vlad. “No more reading my mind or being cocky about it.”

Then to both of them—ignoring the fact that Vlad got it before I even opened my mouth—I finally said, “I didn’t even want one soul mate to begin with, and now the gods have given me two. Let’s just make a pack. I won’t kiss you.” I looked at Adrian, who quickly groaned. “And I won’t kiss you either.” I looked at Vlad, who shrugged as if it was not a big deal. Adrian’s groan ceased once he heard my last sentence. “Good. Now I really need a good sleep. My whole body is sore.”

“Um, Montgomery.” Something was off. He was different, perhaps slightly nervous. “I’m sorry I was late.”

It took me a minute to get what he was referring to. “Oh.”

“Yeah. Althea told me that Caitlin had gotten worse all of a sudden and that I needed to get to the hospital ASAP.” Adrian’s face was in utter torment.

“It’s okay, Adrian.” It seemed to be pointless arguing about the past as it wouldn’t change anything. Furthermore, I couldn’t blame him for caring about his little sister. “Is she okay?”

“No. I mean, yes, Caitlin is all right. Althea lied, Montgomery. She was one of them.”

I shook my head. “I don’t understand.”

“I found out Althea has been spying on us this whole time. She found out about our plan. She knew you would be at the tree during the Panhellenic closing ceremonies,” Adrian explained.

I knew I had heard something that day at the suite when Adrian and I first came up with the idea to burn down the tree. She must have followed him then. I felt so stupid; I should have been more careful.

“She told me that things at the hospital had gotten worse. But Caitlin had been released. When I confronted Althea, she told me I was spending too much time with you and she knew that telling me something had happened to Caitlin was the only way to get me away from you.” He shook his head. “Obviously that raised alarm bells. Why would she care about us hanging out? She never gave a shit who I hung out with.” Adrian paused. “When I discovered what had happened to you, I put two and two together and it made more sense.”