Jaxon“What the hell are you up to?” I demand the moment Xander and I are alone.“What am I up to? What about you? You seem to be too caught up in your own desires to actually pay attention to Blue.”“Her name is Ava.”“And she doesn’t like being called that. It reminds her of the past. If you insist on calling her that, how long do you think it will be before father works out who she is?”I sit back in the chair, staring at him in frustration. Xander seemed to be growing more and more attached to her. If we had just brought her here to begin with, he would have been grateful for fathers orders of rejection.But something had changed, that was clear to see.“I want her company in the morning.” I demand“Fine.” He shrugs his shoulders at me “I can pick up whatever mess you create.”“Maybe you will suffer, when you realise she likes me more.” But I knew the truth. If I didn't do something soon, she wouldn't be interested in me in the slightest.He rolls his eyes at me and storms out of
BlueJaxon walks me back to the house in silence. He seemed to be caught up with his own issues. Or maybe something I had said was bugging him. Either way, he was the one who didn’t want to talk about it and that was fine with me.“I’ve got to go.” He mutters as soon as we reach the back door. “I will see you later.”He darts inside before I have a chance to say anything. Acting weirder than usual and leaving me completely confused.“Blue!” Cece makes me jump as she comes from a side door. But she is beaming at me. “Hi,” I mutter confused. I didn’t know how to act around her and their father. To be honest, I didn’t really know how to act in front of strangers. “You know how at breakfast, you were telling me that you don’t like being touched?”“Yes.” I mutter half wondering where she was going with this conversation. I hadn’t told her why, I just said it makes me feel uncomfortable.“What if I try something?”“What is it with you all wanting to try something?” I snap a little too agg
Jaxon.“Why does he want to speak to her alone?”“How would I know!” Xander mutters back. “I had to leave at the same time as you.”“Well, he doesn’t like her.”“He is the Alpha? Maybe he is concerned. If he believed Blue’s lie about where she comes from. He might think another Alpha will come after him.”I stare at my brother. “Are you really that stupid?”“Fuck off, Jaxon. You know as well as I do, father changes his mind about everything. He could be threatening her, he could be being nice to her. We won't know unless we are in the room.”It’s a good twenty minutes before father comes out of Ava’s room. He looks directly at me, frowning. “You,” He points at me. “Come with me, now!”I glance at Xander who shrugs his shoulders at me and mutters something about staying behind.Following our father out the pack hospital. He stays silent. Any time I try to ask him something, he would give me a deathly stare.It wasn’t until we were in his office when he finally spoke.“She’s a Rogue!”“
XanderLeaving Blue with him was not something I wanted or liked. I couldn’t shake the feeling that this was some plan of his. I wasn’t quite sure how, but this had his name written all over it.With one final glance at Blue, I make my way back over to the packhouse. Father was sitting in the office, his chair facing the large window. It wasn’t him I wanted to speak too, but I could at least get some answers.“I wondered how long it would be before you showed up.” He grumbles as I step into his office.“How did you know about her?”“I have eyes and ears.” He mutters back“Who?” I probably wasn’t going to get an answer, but I had to at least try.“It doesn’t matter. She doesn’t belong here.”“What did you say to her?”“She hasn’t told you?” He chuckles“All I know is whatever you said, you really freaked her out. Do you have any idea of what she has been through?”“Do you think I care, son? I have a pack to run, a pack to keep happy. I do not need a little Rogue interfering.”“Interfer
BlueI had failed. Trying to get them to reject me had been harder than anything else. I had given them every reason to get rid of me, but here they still were.Staring at me expectantly with smiles, I wondered if they though I was happy? I hadn’t been happy since I was a kid.“Alpha Cyrus really wants to give me a chance?” I mutter as they keep their eyes on me.“That’s what he said.” Xander smiles at me“Why?”“You really have a hard time believing that we want to help you, don’t you?” Jaxon rumbles“Because whenever someone wants help, there is always an ulterior motive.” Bree had been the only person that I had ever believed. She never had a hidden meaning behind anything, but everyone else, they were always after something.Xander is quiet but Jaxon’s relaxed face tenses up. “Do you know how many girls would fall at my feet? They would jump at the chance to be in our arms. We are trying to help you. If I wanted to reject you, I would have done it already, Ava!”“Stop calling me
Xander“Are you okay?” Blue looked exhausted by the time she came out of my fathers office.“Yeah, I’m fine. I think I’m going to lie down.”“What did he say to you?” I ask, walking alongside her.“That I was insurance.”“Insurance?”“It was better to make me a Rogue than kill me.” She twists her fingers in her blue hair. “Why would it be insurance?”“I’m not sure.”“But you knew. You knew he had the final vote over my family.”“I only found out recently.”“So because of him, I had to grow up without my birth family.” There were no emotions in her voice.“It wasn’t him that killed your parents. You said it yourself, they drove off a cliff. Besides, they killed hundreds of wolves.”“But he sentenced them to a life of being Rogues.”“He had too.”She pauses to gaze at me, her hands sitting on her hips. “You agree with him.”“Do you want me to be honest?”“Yes.”“If it were me, your parents would have been killed. You and your brother would have been shipped off to a wolf pack, taken in
Blue “Did I just hear you right?” I blink a few times to make sure that I’m not imagining things. Xander nods his head at me. “It’s what he will try to do to me. Neither of us want to share you Blue. The only difference is, I’m telling you the truth. Jaxon was never planning on sharing you and I’m not either.” “Jaxon lies?” I already had my suspicions that he wasn’t the man he was trying to make himself out to be. “All the time.” “And you don’t?” He shakes his head at me, shrugging his shoulders. “I have no reason to.” I frown at him, it seemed to be an odd thing to tell me that his brother was lying, well now anyway. So what had changed, why was he telling me now? Deep down, I knew that what he was telling me was the truth. Years of shite, and I had become an excellent liar, but it also gave me the ability to see through others lies. Jaxon never gave me an exact answer like Xander did. Jaxon always said what he thought I wanted to hear. The knock on my door makes me jump and
JaxonI felt like such an idiot as I stared at my suits, all neatly lined up on the rail. I had nothing else to wear and I was pretty certain Blue was going to make fun of me if I wore one of them.I couldn’t wear a suit to a fast food chain. It was such a petty thing to be concerned about, but I had to win Blue’s interest. I could already see how she prefers Xander, yet, I couldn’t understand why. It wasn’t like he had anything to offer. He was a weakling in comparison.“Xander!” I corner him as he comes up the stairs“What?”“Have you seen Ophelia? Has she left yet?”“She is downstairs with father. Why, what are you up to?”Even though he was my twin, sometimes I found it impossible to read him. He had an excellent poker face.“I need her to pick me up a few things when she heads into town.”A smile appears on his face.“What?”“Blue doesn’t want anything.”“Huh?”“You keep trying to force your way of living on her. She doesn’t care for things, or clothes or purses. She only wants o