Page 66 of Monster's Melody

“Hold up.Youwantedthem to fail?”

“No, of course not,” Mikaela snarled.

“It would have been nice if they’d considered it, though,” Kasi said.“But no, they both had to ace every single final.”

“So rude,” Mikaela agreed.

“But I thought your extreme sports final wasn’t until tomorrow,” I said to Mikaela.

“It’s not, but there’s no way those two are going to throwthatfinal.”

“Exactly,” Kasi agreed.“It’d be like admitting they were weak or something.”

They both let out a scoffing noise.

“Interesting,” I said.“Just so you know, they’re headed this way, so you might want to act a little happy for them.You know, because this is their last year and all, and it’s kind of a big deal, to pass all your classes and actually graduate.”

Mikaela just snarled at me, in a very leopard-like fashion, while Kasi flicked her hand in dismissal, shadows streaming in the wake of the gesture.

When Jahrdran and Elliot reached us, it didn’t take them long to realize something was wrong.

“Who upset you?”Jahrdran demanded as Vorzak dropped into the seat beside me.

“No one,” Kasi said, a mutinous look on her face.

“What’s the matter?”Elliot asked Mikaela.

She just hissed at him and turned away.

He reared back, a startled look on his face.“Did you justhissat me?”

“No.Miki-Leopard did.”

He looked shocked.“Miki’smad at me?”

“What’s going on?”Vorzak muttered in my ear, a fascinated look on his face as he stared at the other two couples.

I smirked.

“Don’t you dare,” Mikaela hissed.

“They’re upset because some tiny, selfish part of them, deep, deep inside, really hoped their mates would fail their finals.”

“Jasmine!”Kasi and Mikaela glared at me.

“What?”

“I’m confused,” Vorzak said.

“Me too,” Jahrdran said.

“Why would you want us to fail our finals?”Elliot demanded.“That’s not very nice at all.”

I snickered.“Are you two really that oblivious?”

“What?”They both exclaimed, but I’d already seen it.The gleam of laughter in their eyes.

“Stop torturing your mates,” I snapped.