“What was that for? Why did you lie to her?” I rounded on him as soon as the door clicked close behind my mother.“You’re welcome.” He touched the tip of nose.I wanted to wipe that stupid smirk off of his face. “I am not grateful for what you did.”“You’re still welcome.”I groaned in frustration and annoyance. “You clawed my back, why?”“Why not? To make our story believable.” Was his careless reply.“First off, it was your story not ours. Secondly, was that necessary? How were you able to grow claws in a matter of seconds?” I studied his nails, they were neatly trimmed. So how come?“Alright, I agree it was my story but it just saved you. Secondly, I’m a werewolf. An Alpha werewolf for that matter, so I can let out my wolf without transmuting.”“So you just let out your wolf’s claws?” That sounded ludicrous to me. Unbelievable even.“I let out any part of my wolf I want. Don’t look so surprised. I’m unique, I get it.” He winked.I frowned. “You wish.” I told him, then winced. “You
“Don’t crucify me, Katherina. I told you that was a necessary lie.”“Tell me how necessary it was. Explain. You promised to.”“Let’s finish eating.”After that was silence. The only sound heard were forks or knives hitting plates. Soon, I was filled and could not stomach any more. My tray still harbored food. Baron’s tray was empty, he pulled mine closer to him and ate whatever was left of it too. I gawked, my eyes shooting out of their sockets in pure astonishment. Did he just finish a whole tray of food and some of mine too? Why the hell? And he did not look overfed neither was he struggling to breath. He was perfectly normal. “You are a certified glutton Baron.”“I’ll take that as a compliment.”My gaze reflexively wandered to his stomach, it was still flat. Not a single evidence that he swallowed that huge amount of food. “Does your stomach hurt?”“Why should it hurt? What did I eat? Knives or rocks?” “You ate that much food Baron. Your stomach should hurt in the very least.”“W
“You’re strange too.” I told him.“You know, I was not expecting a new family when I was coming home. I obviously expected a lot of things but not an additional family”“Me too.” I agreed with him. “When my mother came home to tell me she had found a mate and on the night we were instructed to leave our pack, I was surprised at the crazy turn of events. I mean, we were some hours away from going rogue and your dad comes into the picture like a messiah. Saving my mom and I from further humiliation and suffering.”“Why were you instructed to leave your pack and go rogue?”My hand subconsciously went to fiddle with my bracelet. “Let’s just say the story is quite complicated. They did not like us. I was bullied in school then banned from going to school. My mother was not allowed to buy from or sell to anyone in the pack.” My eyes grew misty as memories swamped me. “We were just struggling to survive. Imagine living in a pack that spits at you, mocks you and taunts you anytime you step ou
It was the next morning. Baron had left for his room later last night, I was reluctant to get up from my bed. Nerves tightened themselves, not willing to loosen any time soon. I laid in bed wondering what would happen to me at school today, I knew we had a routine — me and the boys. We always went to school early but now this had happened, we could no longer go together. The boys wanted nothing to do with me.Tears fell, staining my pillows. I had no other choice but to go. I could not pretend not to want school or not attend lectures because of what had happened. Baron had promised to help me find the real culprit mad if I didn’t go, there was no chance of that ever happening. Sluggishly I slid off the bed, went to pick out clothes for the day. I had my bath and washed my hair. I had no idea where Melissa was. My eyes reflexively went to the corner I’d kept those clothes, wondering who had taken them. That was another issue I had to deal with.Done, I came out and only to find Baron
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