Dax: Hey, there’s a human girl in town who wants a werewolf mate. If you meet her, she’ll set you up with a handful of human chicks to talk to so you can see if they’re yours.
Kyle: Wtf
Dax: It’s weird, I know. But can’t hurt.
My stomach clenched further.
Kyle: Is she hot?
Dax sent the same picture of me again
Kyle: Looks geeky
Dax: She reads a lot
Kyle: Fine, it can’t hurt. Where and when?
I navigated to the next message, and the next.
He had a similar conversation with every guy he asked about meeting me, and copied and pasted the same message. He never remarked on my appearance, even when the guys straight-up called me ugly or sexy.
My heart and stomach hurt more with each new text I read, and when I finally got to one from Elliot, I was feeling pretty much crushed.
Elliot: You’ve been seeing Sab a lot lately
Dax: Not really
Elliot sent him an emoji with a single raised eyebrow.
Dax: She’s been setting me up with human women. Most of them are college girls. I’ve been setting her up with other guys, as you know.
Elliot: You must end up talking before or after the setups, though
Dax: We don’t.
Elliot sent another emoji, one with two raised eyebrows.
Dax: Don’t worry about me, I’m not into her. Just tired of waiting around for my mate.
Elliot: I get that
Dax: Your house wasn’t full of an insane number of tampons, notebooks, fuzzy socks, and robes, so you don’t
Elliot: Valid point
Elliot: But you’ll meet her eventually
Dax: It’s the eventually I’m trying to hurry up by doing this shit with Sabrina. As weird as it is, I’ve met more human girls this way than the rest of my life combined. My wolf even stirred a couple of times.
Elliot: Good, maybe he’s finally getting ready to pick someone
Dax: Here’s hoping
Elliot: Lmk if you start developing feelings for Sab, so we can deal with it.
Dax sent him a thumbs-up emoji, and the conversation ended.
If I hadn’t been certain that he wasn’t interested in me before, that cleared it right the hell up.