I could see Wayne and Dean talking in the corner of the room, Dean’s body langue showed the conversation had been tense when we walked in, I had just got done helping Momma Rose set up the guest room for Wayne, me and Clarissa were going to stay in Scarlet’s room. I wondered silently to myself what could be causing the men in front of me to be so tense but since they stopped talking as soon as we walked in, I assumed it must not need to include me. I smiled at the sight of little Christopher curled up asleep on the couch, he was so innocent, and I was glad that none of this was affecting him enough to affect him. “Rouge, come here please.” Dean’s voice pulled my attention back to the men standing to the side, I saw Momma Rose throw her mate a look I didn’t understand as I walked over to them. “Rose tells me there was an incident at the diner the other day, I need to know more about what happened.” Dean’s tone seemed like he was trying to sound soothing and calm, but I could hear the e
“Rouge wake up.” A voice whispered in my ear. I startled awake feeling the breath behind the voice against my ear. For just a moment I feared the worst; an image of Luccus came into my mind. My body tensed as I woke up more but immediately, I relaxed once I realized it was Wayne who was whispering in my ear, he was leaning against Scarlet’s dresser; concern was clear on his face and I wondered why. The sunlight filled the room and as I took in the room I noticed Clarissa and Scarlet weren’t in the room anymore. I could smell the scent of bacon in the air so I knew it wasn’t too late in the day and I knew Momma Rose would never let me skip school. I pulled my legs to my chest feeling stiff from sleeping on the floor but the look on his face was holding my attention more than the empty room. He looked worried; a tiny bit of sadness was apparent in his eyes as he looked at me. I had never seen anyone look at me like this though, it was more than the pity people showed me when I was disow
The first class of the day seemed to pass quickly, I almost felt invisible if I was to be honest. The teacher had us reading in our text books and everyone was discussing the murder of the girl, a few people guessed it was a member of a visiting pack that attacked her but no one guessed it was a wolf with alpha blood, they all assumed it must be a lower level pack member who got overly gutsy being here or maybe even jealous. I kept my nose in my book minus sending Scarlet quick glances. My best friend was handling it far better than I had hoped, her body posture was the only thing that gave away that something was going on, any time I shifted in my seat she did as well. By the time the bell rung I was happy to leave the classroom and the feeling of being trapped and I was thankful for the walk to my next classroom; Clarissa fell in step within seconds of us leaving the classroom and we fell into a conversation about art as we walked. I was thankful for the few moments of normal convers
Class with Wayne next to me was a blur if I’m honest, walking in Wayne went to talk to the teacher while me and Scarlet went and sat down. I was surprised when he came and sat with us. Art was always my favorite after all but it was diffferent with him there, he was my muse. Looking at the sketch after we were done I knew without a doubt I was falling for him. I was suprised when he wouldn’t show us his own sketch but I didn’t push because I didn’t want him to ask to see mine. Walking out of the classroom I could hear whispers again, this time I paid attention to them. I concluded someone had seen what happened on the field but it seemed no one knew the wolf protecting me was Wayne, the other whispers were about the fact I wasn’t being left alone by the *pack* and that they must have chosen me to come with them for some reason. I chuckled to myself that they would be so caught up in what happened to me after all most of these people wanted the worse for me. I caught Wayne looking at
I woke to the sun filling my room again and cursed under my breathe, I slept through my alarm again and now was running late to school. The fact no one tried to wake me didn’t faze me anymore, ever since Alpha James and Luna Cathy got approval to skip me being their heir when I was thirteen, they stopped pretending to care. I used to be angry about the fact they took me in and stopped caring for me once their own children were born but then again, I understood. I was born a rouge; that’s all I’d ever be and they had only let me into the pack because some mysterious history between James and my mother. I was born to a she-wolf from the pack but she had gone rouge to be with my father, a wolf from another pack; which pack I will never know. My mother died giving birth to me at a human hospital, my father broke laws to bring me to James who had just taken over as alpha from his father before him; the man who refused to take my father into the dark woods pack. James didn’t kill my fathe
Muttering curses to myself I rolled out of bed, glancing at the clock on my nightstand 11:10am. Great I had already missed my first three classes for the day, if I hurried I’d make it in time for my afternoon classes. I yanked off my work uniform I had fallen asleep in, irritated I didn’t have time for a shower and pulled on a basic pair of jeans and one of my favorite band tees. Tossing my hair into a ponytail I dashed down the stairs grabbing my car keys and a banana for the road before bolting out the door to my banged up Ford truck. She was a older beast but she was what I could afforded when I bought her at sixteen with no help from James or Cathy; I had needed a better way to get to work then walking so she fit the bill. I pushed the key into the ignition and smiled as she roared to life, Cathy always complained when I first got my beast of a truck that it was to loud but stopped when I said the only way I could afford another car was if I had help with the bill, she clearly didn
Driving home my mind wandered, my birthday was a week away and although I had a decent savings account built up I was nervous because so much was unknown. When I got my job at fourteen I made sure I opened my own bank account thankful that the bank let me due to the fact everyone knew what happened with the Alpha and Luna basically disowning me, the first question I asked was if there was a way I could access it off pack lands; thankfully I found a bank service that serviced all packs and even areas in between. The banker who set up my account told me they even serviced rouges for if they got a job and that all locations were ran by wolves even those on human land. It eased my mind knowing I’d have access to my money no matter what happened next week but I still hoped that the Alpha would let me stack on pack lands just a little longer, graduation was in just two months time so maybe I’d get luck.Pulling up to the pack house I was surprised to see no one was home still with the fact
The drive home was calm, I felt strangely at ease; when I talked to Alpha James again all I had to do was convince him to let me stay till graduation and then everything would be okay. That seemed like a decently easy task compared to trying to get a place to stay and the idea of living with Scarlet’s family was a happy one. Pulling into the driveway I was surprised to see lights still on with the fact it was just a little pass midnight; normally the house would be dark when I got home from my shift. My nerves were on edge seeing the lights on and I remembered before I left the fact Alpha James wanted to talk to me, I tried to not think about that to long though. Maybe Charlotte had stayed up past curfew again and the Alpha or Luna was up waiting for her, it had happened before. I tried shrugging off my unease and turned off my truck before heading in. Walking in I quickly realize I had every reason to feel uneasy when I see Alpha James sitting in the front room, the look on his face