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made. He was the one delaying their departure. They
    grabbed their jackets and left the dorm room. Layton was waiting
    outside, next to their cars.
    “Finally.” The seahorse huffed. “I thought you’d changed your
    minds.”
    The comment was actually half serious since Morgan and Layton
    were well aware of Alexis’s apprehension regarding the upcoming
    visit with their parents. Nevertheless, Alexis knew that if he wanted to be with Morgan, he’d sooner or later have to face the other man’s
    family. So he just grinned at Layton and answered, “Of course not.”
    They all got in their cars with Alexis riding shotgun in Morgan’s
    vehicle. Morgan’s brother had wisely chosen to give the two of them
    a little privacy during the drive and brought his own car. Alexis was thankful for it. Even if Layton had actually befriended him after an
    initial period of dislike, Alexis still felt so very apprehensive about this visit. He stole a look at himself in the mirror, grimacing as his eyes caught sight of the burn scar. A part of it might be vanity, but truth be told, Alexis was afraid. What if Morgan got fed up with
    seeing Alexis’s ugly face? So far, Morgan had shown no intention of
    breaking up with Alexis. Their sex life remained active, something
    which, for Alexis, should have been encouraging. In his darker
    moments, a little part of Alexis’s mind told him that something was
    missing, something that had been there in their first encounters and
    vanished after his disfigurement. He pushed away the thought and
    focused on the more urgent issue. Morgan’s parents. Right, he needed
    to make a good impression on them.
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    At last, Morgan started the car and drove off through the
    university gates. For a little while, Alexis tried to distract himself by fiddling with the radio. After that got more annoying than helpful, he just stared outside, lost in thoughts.
    “You okay?” Morgan asked at one point.
    “Fine,” Alexis replied laconically.
    He licked his lips in nervousness and wiped his sweaty hands
    against the material of his elegant trousers. He studied the road ahead and wondered if he could get away by jumping out of the moving
    vehicle. Probably not. He wouldn’t die, but Morgan would get pissed
    with him, and that was one thing he couldn’t allow.
    He stole another look outside the window, dread growing inside
    him. What had possessed him to accept Morgan’s idea? He should
    have known better than to go along with the stupid plan. But Morgan
    had wanted to visit his family, and Alexis hadn’t been able to bear the thought of being separated from his lover.
    Now, however, he was starting to regret it. He wasn’t sure
    Morgan’s parents were over what had happened at the Academy.
    Granted, it hadn’t been Alexis’s fault, but someone wearing his face
    and body had been walking around fucking three quarters of the
    school’s carnivores. Last time Alexis had seen Byron and Skylar
    Cunningham, the shark-seahorse couple had essentially told him to
    fuck off and leave their son alone. Of course, at the time, they’d been convinced Alexis was a killer and had cheated on their son with two
    other shifters. Still, a first impression didn’t change so easily, and now, Alexis didn’t even have his beautiful face to compensate for the rest of his lacks.
    As if guessing his thoughts, Morgan reached for his hand and
    squeezed it. “Stop worrying, baby. My parents will love you. What
    happened at the Academy was a mistake, and they both know it.
    They’re going to welcome you with open arms, you’ll see.”
    Somehow, Alexis didn’t imagine Morgan’s shark father
    welcoming anyone with open arms. In fact, he was pretty sure both

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    Byron and Skylar Cunningham would be very harsh on whoever their
    two sons chose as mates, simply because of the obvious love they
    showered Morgan and Layton with.
    But of course, Alexis didn’t dare say that, either. Instead,