CHAPTER 16
Missy soon got up and charged at me but
I ducked out of the way at the last second
and she punched the lockers behind me
and I kicked her in the back which forced
her further into the lockers. She turned
around with blood pouring out of her face
and she was growling and I could see fur
starting to sprout on her arms, she was getting ready to shift in the middle of the
hallway at school. This bitch was crazier than I thought.
But then Alpha Jackson came running down the hall with other faculty members and he managed to grab
control of her and orders her under Alpha command to calm down and not shift. Being a werewolf, she
had to obey. She didn’t
have a choice. She had no control over it.
And she started turning back to normal.
“What the fuck is going on here?” Alpha Jackson yelled as he let go of Missy.
“You’re little slut there attacked me.”
Missy yelled. And I stood there and
crossed my arms and rolled my eyes.
“Did you attack her?” Alpha Jackson
asked.
Only because she called me a slut
because she assumed that us two are
sleeping together.” I say to him looking him directly in the eye. Which I haven’t seen anyone else in this
pack do yet.
Alright. I am setting the record straight
right now. Taylor is staying at the
packhouse. In a spare room. I have
dozens of spare rooms. We have not and will not be sleeping together.” Alpha
Jackson yelled for everyone to hear and
they all backed away from the anger that
was in his voice. He then turned his
attention to Missy and ordered her to the nurse’s office and then she was to report
to his office. And he ordered everyone
else to leave except for me.
So Parker gave me my books back and everyone took off so it was just Alpha Jackson and I left in the
hallway.
You can’t use violence like that against your own pack members.” Alpha Jackson says leaning up against
the lockers while I was still standing there with my arms
crossed.
“Believe me, that shit with Missy has
been going on a lot longer thank you’ve been here.” I say.
“Well, it needs to end. I will be talking to
her after she sees the nurse and I will
make sure that it ends. I know that you were just reacting to what she said, but we know that it’s not
true.” He says
looking directly at me.
“I’m not a slut and I am not going to be accused of being a slut just like my
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which took him by surprise.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” He asked pushing off from the lockers.
Nothing. I have to get to class.” I say
starting to walk away, but he grabbed my
arm and it zapped me again.
Sorry.” He says pulling his hand away.
“Would you stop doing that?” I asked as I started walking away.
I got to my first class and everyone was staring at me but I sat at the back next to Parker and Emily was
on the other side of me but I ignored her. She did look at me and tried to smile to me but I just shook my
head and opened my book.
When class was over I stood up and
grabbed my books and Emily stood in front of me with Aria.
“Listen, I’m sorry about this morning. I heard what I heard and I just assumed that it was true.” Emily
says.
You’re my fucking friend. You should have known to come to me first and talk
to me before believing some stupid rumour. I thought we knew each other better than that.” I snapped at
her.
“We do. And that’s why I’m sorry. I
didn’t know that you were staying at the
packhouse. No one would have known that.” She says.
Why are you staying there?” Parker
asked and I looked at him trying to figure
out how I was going to explain this to
them.
“Because I can’t go home right now. My mother and I had a fight and I am not interested in talking to her
right now. She screwed up. Big time.” I explained and they all seemed to understand that that’s all I was
going to give them.
At lunch time I didn’t want to go to the
cafeteria because everyone would be
looking at me so I headed to the library
and I got a head start on my homework
from the morning classes. While I was
sitting there I recognised a scent that was lingering behind me.
“Does your girlfriend know that you’re here Edward?” I asked.
“No. Of course not. She’s not here today. “He says walking around so that he was in front of me.
So, what’s this then? Am I your dirty little secret?” I asked.
“No. There’s no dirty little secret. I just
wanted to make sure that you were alright. After seeing you yesterday afternoon and then the rumours
this
morning.” He says. And I looked up from my books and looked him directly in the
eye.
“Do you believe the rumours?” I asked.
“No. I didn’t believe them when I heard
them. The packhouse is there for these
specific reasons. When someone needs
help, there’s a bed waiting for them. So their not sleeping in the woods or on a park bench. I wasn’t
surprised at all when I heard that you slept at the packhouse last night.” He says sitting down at the table
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“Yeah, well. At least that’s one person.” I say.
“I know that you don’t give a crap about
titles. You’re not interested in being Luna.
You never have been. You look at the person, not the position.” He says.
“Tell that to the rest of the school. Most
of these kids have known me my whole
life and yet they still believed it. I guess being gone for a year, they thought that I turned into some
massive slut bag or something like that.” I say getting back to my homework.
Edward stayed there with me and he was talking to me while I was doing my homework and then he
started acting a little weird. He was getting really uncomfortable in his chair and really
fidgety.
“What’s wrong?” I asked.
“The Alpha is staring at us.” He says trying not to move his lips while he
spoke. So I turned around and looked at
the glass windows of the library that showed the hallway outside and he was standing outside the library
staring at us. So I gave him a wave, but he just walked off without doing anything.
“That was weird.” I say turning back to
Edward.
“Good. So, it wasn’t just me who thought that was extremely weird.” Edward says
relaxing a little bit.
“No. It wasn’t.” I say.
When I finished school that day I headed back to the packhouse and I went straight to the office and the
Alpha wasn’t there. So I sat on the couch and I opened the laptop and I looked at the first file that I
needed to start inputting.
When Alpha Jackson did finally show up in his office he walked over to the drinks cart and poured
himself a bourbon before
he sat down and started going through
some paperwork. And he didn’t say
anything to me.
“Tough day?” I asked looking at the
computer screen.
“I guess you can say that. The life of an Alpha.” He says.
“I can imagine.” I say. And I kept working when the cook came in with
dinner and placed it down in front of both of us. And then he turned around and
left.
So I sat on the floor leaning against the couch and eating while I was working and then I grabbed the file
for my mother. I opened it and there was a photo of her there so I pulled the photo up on the computer
and attached it to the file.
I started reading through the information before I threw the file on the other side of
the coffee table and I grabbed another file while I was still eating. I would deal with mother’s file later. I
looked up and Alpha Jackson was looking at me but I didn’t say anything to him. I just kept working
while Alpha Jackson got up and got
another drink before he went back to his
desk.
When we finished eating dinner the cook came back and took the plates and I saw that Alpha Jackson
was getting into the alcohol a lot more than usual. I was pretending not to notice but I knew that
something was bothering him.
My phone then went off and I looked at it and someone had sent me some photos. I didn’t know who the
number belonged to but I looked at the photos and they were taken from outside Alpha Jackson’s
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office.
He is standing in his office with Missy
after our altercation and he is leaning against his desk while she is standing there talking to him. The
next photo
showed her getting closer to him and then the next photo showed them two kissing.
I couldn’t believe it. And that bitch had the nerve to call me a slut at school today. And yet she is getting it
on with the Alpha. I looked up at him and he was
staring blankly at the wall with his glass off bourbon in his hand.
“I’m finished for the night. I’m going to bed.” I say closing the laptop and closing the file that I was
currently working on.
“You’ve barely done anything tonight.” Alpha Jackson says as I grab my bag and I stood up.
“Maybe you should ask Missy to come over and do it. If you two would even get
any work done.” I say placing my phone on his desk with the photos showing on the screen and I left his
office.
But instead of walking upstairs, I walked out the front door and took off towards the woods. I heard Alpha
Jackson calling after me but I ignored him and I blocked off all the links to everyone. Making sure to
avoid the patrols and I managed to make it to the old swimming hole. I knew that not many people ever
patrolled
around here. This was too far from the packhouse and no one ever attacked out
this way.
‘I can’t believe he would go for someone
like Missy.’ Ava says.
‘Well, not every guy has the best taste in women. I know the Alpha’s that rule over this pack never do.’ I
say sitting on the
boulder.
‘Why do we always come here when we’re upset? Edward knows where to find us.’ Ava asked pacing in
my head.
‘Because he is the only one who knows where to find us. No one else does. And if I tell Edward to get
lost then he will.’ I
explained staring at the moon in the water below me.
‘What are we going to do? We can’t go home to mom and we can’t go back to the packhouse.’ Ava says.
‘We can go back to the packhouse. But when we’re ready to. I don’t get it. Why the hell am I getting so
upset about him and Missy? I don’t understand what is happening to me.’ I say wiping a stray tear off of
my cheek.
‘Because you like Alpha Jackson.’ Ava says and I scoffed at that.
‘He likes you too. More than friends. I
know that he does. His wolf told me.’ Ava
says.
‘Oh yeah. What else did his wolf tell you?’ I asked looking around the woods at
where I was.
‘That you get away with so much because Alpha Jackson hates punishing you. He wants you close.
That’s why he offered you that job and a place to stay when you needed it. He put you in the room
across from his room. No one usually stays on the Alpha’s floor except for Alpha’s. But you’re there.’ She
explained.
So, what do we have here?” A voice asked out of the darkness and I jumped to my feet immediately.
“Who’s there?” I asked. And then a man
came into view. I knew that he was a werewolf but he smelt off. He smelt
rotten. Oh my god. Rogue.