Every night alongside the little prayers I send up for my mother and father, I send one for Felix too. He is making Roxie so happy, and without realising it, I can crash in our shared room on my own for the most part. We are naturally avoiding each other. She comes in to get new clothes when she knows I have an extra lesson. I hang out on the roof for the few hours she uses the shower. I miss her silly, dramatic ways, and how loudly she has to complete every task. The room is so quiet with just my thoughts. We nod in the corridors as we pass, she might mouth a “how are you?” but no conversation. Nobody wants to be tarnished by association. Even Cherry and Matt, two people I thought so much of are strangers to me now. I might have been an orphan almost all my life but it is this month where I felt truly alone and abandoned for the first time. Roxie is glowing though. Like a supermodel, her hair, skin and eyes all seem so much brighter than I remember. It’s as though she has burst
Rhett still isn’t right with me, it’s been a month since I grabbed his shirt and lashed out. This is why Kate has got to go, she’s messing with my head too much. I shouldn’t be losing it with my most loyal Beta, the man I would trust with my family's life. So, to make amends, I asked him and Glenn to come with me on this town inspection. Normally just one would come with me along with a load of Strategists, accountants and other miserable administrators. I wanted to have some fun, forget about…certain people anyway. Except it wasn’t fun. The town was a dusty, run-down shithole. And certain people, Kate, never left my mind. My father hadn’t invested in it for years and it showed. Even the farming land was poorly maintained. I understand it’s hard to farm when it's constantly sunny and there is limited water but even by our low standards this town was wrecked. It was sobering stuff, not helped by the fact Rhett was still icy. We had room’s laid on by the town mayor, a pudgy, greasy
By the time I look up from my notes it is dark. The library is empty, only one light visible across the whole floor. There is a good chance I’m going to get locked in again if I stay much later. I can see the flames of the bonfire party out of the window. The music and whooping thuds dully through the window. Closing my eyes it feels like I was there years ago, not six weeks. So much has changed since then. When I heard footsteps pounding up towards my floor I gathered my books, preparing another apology for the steely eyed librarian. What I didn’t expect was Alpha Dex. Grey tshirt, black leather jacket, hot as hell even with a look of seething hatred on his face. His eyes caught mine and my throat seized. Instinctively I grasped my books closer to my chest, afraid of what any other bodily reaction could be. From the doorway, he paused. My heart dropped at the idea he might just leave, before suddenly storming towards me. Ruby red flashed through those espresso coloured irises.
Even though a crowd of people is the last thing I want I need to see Roxie. I’ve got to try and make some sense of all this, make this night about more than giving to my attraction to Dex. All my possessions abandoned for now in the library I jog over to the far end of the compound where the bright, crackling bonfire towers high, sending billowing black smoke into the clear sky. It wasn’t hard to spot Roxie, as usual she was in neon, a lemon and lime coloured mini dress paired with a black leather jacket. It looked ferociously expensive, but then I guess she can afford it. /Don’t be bitter/ Raya scolded as I sighed, hoping the breeze would whisk away any remaining scent of arousal on my skin. Stood with Cherry, Matt, Felix, Sinead, and Martha. They were all having fun. Until they saw me. With a tut and an eye roll the immaculate Martha and Sinead tapped Roxie lightly on the arm. “Don’t worry, we know YOU have to talk to her”, was the implied message. Bitches, feeling a flash of an
Last night was ridiculous. Lying naked in my huge wooden four poster, drowning in crisp white sheets I cannot work that girl out. The fury in her eyes towards me was genuine. Kate hates me yet within a second, those very same eyes are filled with lust, her wolf beckoning mine forward. I’ve never felt Alba get dizzy before, it was unnerving to feel him lose control as Kate worked her magic. When I finally had her where I wanted her, she should have melted, screaming my name. The way she repeatedly clenched around my fingers, she was fighting against me even as she kissed me like a tigress. Even then she refused to yield. “Never,” she had said, she is never going to cry my name. I’ve never made someone angry with me explode like that before. I wasn’t even intending to go there. I wanted her to confess that she was messing with me. That the rumours are true. Instead I end up breathless as she stared into my eyes, her fingers gripping my hair as she climaxed. You’re not that special,
The next few days saw me purposely avoiding Roxie. If she had cheated on Felix, I didn’t want to know, for a million different reasons. She had done irresponsible things when we were children, taking other's toys, maybe even money from a purse one time but I tried to think the best of her. I’m clinging to the idea that she wouldn’t break someone’s heart. When Rhett returned my things from the library, I was so embarrassed. He knocked at the door holding the pile, his huge grin just visible within his sandy beard as he watched my face drop in realisation. “So he told you to fetch these back to me?” “Yep. Is that all of it, I haven’t missed anything?” “Just my dignity,” I joked with a smile as I dumped the collection of pads and books onto the bed. “I heard that you’ve tried to speak to someone about all these cheating rumours?” no doubt my eyes wide with desperate hope as he coughed. “I did yeah. It’s tough though, I don’t know why but they are convinced the matter shouldn’t be d
I sacrificed a full day of lessons to get that place organised, but it was worth it. Every part of me ached as I scrubbed the full room. Big enough to house six, its rusted bunk beds, whilst not shining, were at least clean and germ-free. There were no broken windows at least, just the busted door lock. Even so I slept like a log. A run seemed the best way to start off this new phase. At least I could artificially boost my mood by getting out into the wilderness before the sun made it unbearably hot. In just my black sports bra and black fitted shorts I tied the door shut with some string and set off. Like a misty morning’s fog burning off to reveal the blue sky above, my mind cleared. Every kilometre I felt braver, more like myself. This whole thing was a temporary setback. I can run to the nearest town from here, I’ll be able to get a job. Maybe Rhett will be able to lend me a bicycle. I turned from the path into one of the surrounding orchards. Following the strict straightly pl
Dex looked around to make sure we were completely alone before continuing, his olive skinned arms glistening in the sun. I wanted to concentrate fully but that black edge of his tattoo continued to peek out from under the hem of his t shirt. “So, Alpha Austin of Greenway Pack…last Conference he implied that a section of the widowed Lady Gwyneth’s territory should be returned to his pack. It’s a lie. He’s testing the water to see who would stand up for the Highton pack.” Managing to switch the lustful, hungry side of my mind I off I listened properly, as if it was my job, “How did the leaders fall?” “I openly disagreed with Austin but it is my fathers move to make. Luna Madeline and Alpha Frank are clearly on Austin’s side. Eduardo challenged in the meeting but he would never stick his neck on the line. Not even for me.She’s on her own.” “But you want to help her?” He kicked the dirt as we got back onto the track, heading past some other rundown accommodation blocks. “I do, not on