ASHLEYAfter a lot of grunting and sounds the door gets opened and we come face to face with two men in uniform, their eyes almost bulge out of their sockets when they see him and though that is a cause for question, I don’t ask it.Curiosity killed the cat, you know.“Mr. Van Tyson I apologize for the delay, we had no idea it was you in there.”No wonder he has an air of self importance around him, he must be important but that still doesn’t excuse the fact that he is an asshole. Him having saved my life or not, I’m just being truthful.“The director of maintenance is to meet me in my office first thing tomorrow.” They both nod in respect before excusing themselves.A small crowd has gathered but he doesn’t spare them a glance, his hand is still on my lower back which is what pulls me back to reality.“Well thank you, that was a great experience. I hope to never be in an elevator again. Bye.” I mutter all in one breath and start walking towards the door but he holds me by my elbow, s
ASHLEY“Sister?” The word leaves my lips in a rush of breath.“Yes, quite surprising I know.” She flips her hair over her shoulder and throws an arm over his shoulder, he is taller than her by many inches but that didn’t faze her. “So, you two a thing yet?” she wiggles her brows and I choke, starting a coughing fit.“No,” he says in a curt voice. She rolls her eyes, probably used to his standoffish attitude.“Not with that your attitude, no one would want you.” she pushes him away and plops next to me, almost successfully making me pour the water, she has faster reflexes than me and she takes it from me.“Be careful with that,” she says to me, looking up at her brother that is staring at me, without blinking.“When are we leaving? Is she coming with us?” she doesn’t wait for him to answer before she fixes her gaze on me. “Are you coming with us?”I look between both of them. “Coming where with you?” I ask, perplexed.“No, we are taking her back to her hotel on our way, give her someth
ASHLEYAs out of her mind as Andrea is, she is still my sister and I am loyal to her to a fault. So she has that at least.“No, I told them I was coming to meet you and since it was already late they decided to stay one more night.” I nod then looked away from her still refusing to look up and see what the others were up to.“Can you please not be mad?” she pleads. “I’ll explain later I promise.” I huff but still nod.She knows I can’t stay angry at her for long, not when she is the only person I have. She is my best friend or only friend if you mean it in the literal sense, all my other friends are her friends.“You better have a great ass explanation for all of this.” her lips stretch into a smile.“I do, believe me.”“Not to burst your bubble but we’re standing right here.” I look up when I hear the foreign voice, I meet eyes as blue as Arabella’s.Damn, they look alike. It is the other guy I haven’t met yet, he shoots me a smile seeing the perplexed expression on my face. The othe
ASHLEYThe car is as silent as a graveyard, so much that even the sound of the outside world seems to dim into the night, or maybe I was just the one that felt that way. But that is the only thing I can compare to the situation I am in right now.A door is opened and the man at the front walks out, which leads me to believe the car has stopped. I glance at Luca through my peripheral and he is staring straight ahead.He hasn’t said or done anything since he more or less dragged me out of the hotel and to this car, he hoisted me up over his shoulder like he did earlier as though I'm some sort of weightless baggage.I mean I know I’m not that big but he makes me look like a doll, not even a child, a doll!“I’ll pick you up tomorrow at seven,”It takes me a minute to register that he is talking to me, and since I have mentioned times without number how he is not the boss of me, I don’t just nod my head like everyone seems to do when he opens his mouth and spews out commands.I consider my
ASHLEYI turn on my heels and walk through the open door, not bothering to wait and see his reaction.I really hope his eyes are narrowed and stupefied so he looks really stupid like he deserves to look for making me so weak in his presence.He would see who will be ready by seven tomorrow, it may be every other girl in this world but not me.Mum and dad have gone to bed when I reach our floor because it was extremely quiet and the lobby was almost empty with just a few people lingering.The receptionist, who always seems to have a smile on her face, acknowledges me with a nod.I don’t bother checking with Theo, I’m not really in the mood to answer the truckload of questions I’m sure he has. I might just burst into tears.I lift my shaky hands to my lips, not surprised to find them swollen. Again, I curse at him wishing I was some old witch in a vampire novel that can make his dick shrink and his hand break when he annoys me, sadly those things don’t exist and I’m just a normal teenag
LUCA“Fuck you,”The statement keeps repeating itself in my head and as much as I wanted her to do just that, I needed to get out of there before I changed my mind and go through with it.Really though, I had been seconds away from stepping out of the car and doing just that but my wolf kept clawing in my head, that and my mother’s endless messages.Speaking of which, the phone starts ringing again almost immediately.“It is the Luna sir,” my most trusted aide says from the front. I consider just leaving her to it since I’m already on my way home but she would not stop calling until I pick up.“Put her through,”“Yes alpha,” he says before connecting the call to my personal cell.“Mother,” I called at the same time the divider between me and the driver went up.“Oh, you actually picked this time.” her tone is flat eliciting an eye roll from me.“What else do you need?” I can picture her giving me her most unimpressed look.“Don’t try to play coy with me, you made me look stupid this m
LUCAArthur is still laughing at what I said. So I reached out and punched him in the arm.Never make fun of a frustrated man, especially if it is sexual frustration. They tend to be violent, I already see him limping with broken arms. He would heal fast of course but I just want to inflict pain on him.“That is completely different,”I roll my eyes taking note of the car stopping, the bright lights from the pack house are reflecting the inside of the car, we don’t seem bothered or even ready to step out.“How different?”“We decided to wait, you have no choice.” He points at me.“No wolf would want to wait months after meeting his mate, keep telling yourself that.” I don’t wait for him to think of a retort before I step out and start my walk to the front door.I hear his voice in my head annoying the hell out of me more.‘When you are on talking and not growling on a daily basis with your mate, I’ll take your word for it but I’ll have you know my mate would be long screaming my name
LUCA“Do you have anything else to say?” My voice comes out calm, the anger that is making my blood boil can only be told from my posture.“No alpha,” I don’t spare him a glance even when he gets back in his seat.It is taking a lot of self-restraint for me to not lunge at him. I can feel my wolf fighting, clawing in my head trying to get out but I fight it. No need to give them more reason to pass rumors around, all I need right now is my mate, and knowing I can’t have her close makes me more angry.“The rogues had another meeting, I was told by the spies sent from the council,” the cold atmosphere in the room dissipates and I run my hand over my face.“Let him in,” I give the permission to let the man that was sent to see them in to relay the news.“Good evening alpha, elders.” He bows at me and then the others in the room respectively before moving to the middle of the room.Like most werewolf council meeting rooms, my seat being the alpha is in the middle with the others all aroun