He left my room and began carrying me down the long flight of stairs. And to my surprise, he was not breaking sweat over it. He looked very fine to me, no running out of breath or slowing down in steps due to tiredness. But I still was not comfortable with any of it, he should not be stressing himself this much over me.“So you’re not going to put me down?” I tried one more time to see if he’ll put me down.“You’re still on that?” He did not even spare me a single glance.“Yes I still am.” His gaze came upon my face, I locked eyes with him too. “Too bad you’re not going to get what you want.”I eye rolled. “It was worth a try though.”“So that was what that was? You were trying to see if you could actually talk me out of carrying you?”“Yes.”“Okay. Glad you failed.”“I did not fail.”“Really?” Amusement danced in his eyes.“You’re just too stubborn to put me down.” I eyed him in slight annoyance.But he pretended not to see it, and chuckled softly. “That makes two of us then.” Then
“What’s wrong with her?” David immediately spoke out of concern.The boys were just staring at us — Baron and I — as he ascended down the rest of the stairs with me still in his arms, suddenly feeling uncomfortable, I tried to free myself out of his arms but he was having none of it. In fact, he held on tighter, refusing to drop me until he got to my seat by the table before he gently placed me on it as though I was some delicate thing that could break if mishandled. I was beyond embarrassed at the show Baron was putting on this morning. This was not how I’d envisioned this morning to be, and it was still early. I stared intently at the arrays of breakfast mom had made, it was like a buffet party where people are invited for the sole reason of eating. Mom was really outdoing herself here. She was trying to make all of us one big family that enjoyed each other’s company. I sighed, if only she knew.“Darling, your father’s talking to you.” Mom’s voice made me raise my head. I ignored t
“That’s an excellent idea, Baron. Thank you so much.” Mom gushed in gratitude.I groaned in exasperation, Baron was going way over the top with this game of his.“What do you think, David? Isn’t it wonderful what Baron is offering to do?” I saw the suspicious look on David’s face as he studied his son. Yes, David. You truly know your son. He’s doing this for a purpose, I said inwardly glaring at the said Baron who had his hand still draped over my shoulder.“But the boys can do it. They attend the same school with her.” David projected.“Which makes me the perfect candidate for this job, dad. They have school work and their social lives to deal with, I’m not a student. More like a less busy person.” Baron explained, gesturing to and fro him and his brothers.I could not risk a glance at them. At the moment, they hated me. Believed I was a thief. I sighed, I wondered why Baron was putting in this much effort. “He has a solid point, honey.” Mom told David.The boys were yet to say anyt
BARON“How dare you show your face after what you did?” I heard a guy tell her that.I had gone out to check out the school, it had been a while but nothing much had changed. Still the same big, expensive school filled with different kind of young werewolves, ranging from the bully to the popular to queen bees to flirts to nerds. Stone Shadow academy was the biggest and most prestigious. And while it had brilliant students who were equally talented, they still behaved like teenagers in high school. During my time here, no one had dared cross my path. If they were scared of my brothers, they were terrified of me. Girls who had admired, had done so from afar. I had no friends except for my brothers once-upon-a-time when we’d been close — the five of us. But that was gone now, I was here for revenge, that was my sole aim of coming back.I entered the hall, there was no lecturer yet. The class was a bit rowdy and a quick survey told me they were bullying Katherina. She sat looking like a
Oh my goodness! What would I do? How do I about this Wolf It ceremony? My day was already getting bad and it was still morning. I felt someone come take the empty seat beside me and I knew it was Baron. He would not understand, I could not tell him I had a wolf I was hiding. A wolf I didn't want to let out. A wolf I was terrified of. I raised my hands from my face and one of them reflexively twiddled with the bracelet adorning my wrist."What is wrong?" I refused to face him.What was more? I had been humiliated today in class. Even Katelyn, I had thought she was a friend but she'd proved to be a very bad friend. She was not a good person. She had sent one of her minions to pour a carton of juice on me. I didn't want to tell Baron because I understood his temper, it was even more vile than Aaron's. I knew he might have gone through with his threat, and hit her too. Immediately he had left, I had thought I would have some me-time, but now I knew I really wouldn't have survived without
“Hey mate, want to play?” Baron was holding a ball in his hand, he held out a hand to me, the grin on his face was infectious. I could not help but smile back.After the cafeteria incident, Baron and I had left the place and come out to seat on the bleachers. We had been playing and engaging in mindless gossip when he left. He had not said where he was going to, but as soon as he’d left, his brothers had come to the bleachers. I had seen Katelyn on Aaron’s arm, they were talking and laughing, Katelyn voice ringing loudly as she either laughed or made some suggestive remark concerning Aaron. Maybe they were doing it to get back at Baron and I but I was hurt. Not really because of what Aaron and Katelyn were currently doing but the fact that they thought I was a criminal. I really missed them, a lot. I was going to clear my name, Baron had promised to help me. Refusing to look their way, I had focused on the wide field before me, waiting for Baron’s return.And when he had, it was with
BaronThose stupid brothers of mine, excluding Aaron of course. That one was a total idiot and a blatant fool. I had not been sure of this plan of mine from the onset but moving forward, I’m seeing how perfect it was for my plan. I know what I was doing was quite the selfish act, not for Aaron’s sake but for Katherina’s. But without her, my plan would not be successfully executed neither would it have the level of tension and emotion-provoking reactions it was currently having. No matter what, I was going to finish whatever I had started, I just hoped Katherina would forgive me after this.Nonetheless, the fact that she was my pawn in my own game didn’t mean I didn’t care about her. I do care about her, a lot. And it was somewhat surprising because I’d only known her for a short while. She was the typical shy, quiet and reserved nerd that was not just all those things people saw but she was more. She was sweet, kind, nice and had a very attractive face and body, though I doubt she’d
AaronI watched Baron carry her out of the place and I felt myriad of emotions overwhelm me. Anger, jealousy, guilt, regret, disappointment, confusion, to mention but a few. Ever since that incident that I’d decided not to interact with her, I’ve been angry and Irritable but with Baron and her around, I could not show it.I would not lie, it had been quite boring without her in our midst. But I was too angry to actually let myself dwell on anything remotely related to her. This was my brother's plan. He always seem to find a way to make us butt heads at every given opportunity. He was wild and unruly. He behaved more like a rogue than an actual Alpha’s son. I knew it had not been intentional, she had not hit Katelyn with the ball on purpose and it had not even been about defending Katelyn, far from it. I could not care less if she was hit a thousand times over, but I was already incensed by Baron’s behavior, calling Katherina his mate. Even thinking about it was making my blood boil,