Amelia’s POV
I thought I would utilize my suspension as an advantage to work at Joy’s and earn more income for the week.
But the moment I saw Zane and his entire group of friends enter through the door, my enthusiasm was lost.I knew he would create some trouble for me for sure, so I ran in the kitchen to hello with the meal prep instead of taking orders.Some minutes passed and my co-worker came searching for me as she said, “Hey girlie, can you take the new orders? I am taking a breather for 10 minutes since I am very tired.”Ugh! How can I say no to her when she is asking me so nicely. Nodding slightly with my head down I went to take the orders.Thankfully, I didn’t have to take Zane's order first; there were 2 tables before theirs. Just as I started to note the order of the lady in front of me, I heard someone call.“Waiter! Could you take our order first?” Mila shouted in her annoyingly high pitched voice.I immediately knew that Mila was just doing this to make me feel inferior. But she doesn't know that no one can make me feel inferior without my consent.I looked at the woman in front of me with an apologetic look, but she gave me an understanding smile so I went to the table where the said “evil shire” gang was seated.“What would you like to order?” I asked in a robotic tone, immensely bored by their amusement of seeing me like this outside of the school premises.Can’t they just eat at their lavish homes? What are they doing here in the first place? I am sure it must be Zane's idea since he wants to be a dick to me.“How do you manage to work like this and then come to school?” Lucy, Mila’s best friend, asked me curiously.I narrowed my eyes at her question, “Do you want anything to eat or not?” I asked impatiently instead of answering them.“Oh, someone is griping today?” Mila whistled in an amused tone and I wanted to slam her pretty face on the table. But I controlled myself for my own sake. I cannot afford losing this job.“Look I have other customers to look after so, if you guys don’t have to order anything, please don’t waste my time,” I said in a professional tone, not wanting to create unnecessary drama.What I least expected was for Zane to speak up, “Babe, why are you wasting your time on such lowly people? I thought you didn’t care about her existence, why are you asking her questions then?” Zane asked Mila, his girl toy, as he was devoting all his attention to her.I gritted my teeth together to refrain from saying anything and giving him pleasure, by reacting to his stupid comment.“Oh you are right, I am not wasting my time with her,” she giggled which sounded a bit crazy. Then she turned to me with her voice cold and indifferent as she ordered, “Just get us 5 breakfast meals, cheap bitch.”After a few minutes I came back with their order and quietly placed it in front of them. I was trying to be as professional as I possibly could be but these people weren’t done trying their cheap tricks on me.Because as soon as I placed drinks in front of them, Lynn, (another friend of Zane's) he picked it up and plopped it on the floor on purpose, making the glass shatter and drink to go everywhere.“Oopsie!” he exclaimed and everyone at the table laughed as if it was the funniest shit ever.“Now now, Miss. Hard worker has to clean all of this up, Lynn. Couldn’t you have been more careful?” Mila asked him as if she was truly concerned.“What can I say? I am clumsy as fuck,” he replied and both of the girls snickered. Ronan was sitting idly watching curiously between Zane and I. Whereas, Zane had no ray of expression on his face.“Amelia, sweetie, why don’t you clean this up and we tip you $500 dollars for spilling it?” Mila suggested.My eyes lit up hearing the amount but then she said the next sentence, “But there is a catch, you have to lick every drop if the spilled drink.” She said and smirked in an evil way,, as I felt shameful for even thinking about taking most y from them. I swore to myself never in my life will I depend on any one for any sort of help. I want to be rich and successful on my own!I was seconds away from tearing up but then I felt a warm palm on my shoulder, as a calm and soothing voice came out of nowhere.“Hello, guys, I will help clean this up, Amelia, could you go in the kitchen? They need your help,” an absolute stranger to me, exclaimed.With blurry eyes I turned to look at the stranger.A handsome guy with piercing brown eyes stared at me with a resolved expression. He seemed to look at me as if he already knew me, but I have seen him for the first time in my life.“Um… I,” I stammered completely bewildered by the situation.Who is this guy? And why is he helping me out?Understanding my confusion he leaned in closer to me as he whispered very slowly, “Don’t worry, I will handle them, go and take a five minutes break,” he mumbled just for my ears.His close proximity made my cheeks grow hot and I noticed each of the members from the Blood Shire Pack was looking at our interaction with an envious look on their faces.Then I turned my eyes towards Zane, and I was shocked to see that he had a murderous look on his face which made me come out of my haze and walk towards the kitchen mindlessly.What the fuck just happened?And why did Zane look at the stranger like he wanted to kill him and me both?After a few minutes, the brown haired guy came to the back kitchen with a warm smile on his face.He looked Moroccan or from somewhere with the sun. Because he had tanned skin that would make a male stripper jealous.I looked at him with a shy smile as I said, “Hi, thanks for helping me but who are you?”His smile widened as he replied, “I am your new boss and the new manager of Joy’s.”“Oh, that’s great to know. Congratulations,” I told him as he checked me out openly as his gaze took in every inch of my body.“Are these kids always like this?” he asked after a beat.I frowned upon his question and responded, “Like what?”“Troublesome.”“Yeah, mostly. They are even worse at school,” I informed him with a dark look on my face. I hated how Zane let his friends insult me all the time. But thank goodness this angel of a guy came to help me.“Wait, you are still in school?” he asked and I could see his face practically fall with disappointment.“Umm… Yeah why?” I asked embarrassedly, “Do I look older?” I asked in a joking way.“No, you just don’t seem like a teenager either,” he replied, still recovering from his shock.He is right though, I don’t look my age at all. I have the body of a woman. With big and ripe boobs and soft, luscious back side I looked like a vixen if I dressed up. However I usually tried to hide myself under baggy clothes because I didn’t want anyone to assume I am using my body to get anything.“Good to hear that but unfortunately I am,” I laughed lightly.“I am Garret by the way, Garret Adler,” he introduced himself and extended his hand.I shook his big and warm hand as I said, “Nice to meet you Garret, I should probably get back to work,” I chimed and then got back to work.Just as I turned around, I caught him grinning lopsidedly, with the corner of my eye.Who is this guy? And why does he seem so familiar even though I have seen him for the first time?Zane's POVWho the hell does she think she is? And who the fuck is this chummy guy who came here to rescue her?Are they together? Why did they look so cozy together?Thousands of questions ran through my head as I tried to get over the fact that she is trying to get close to other guys.I gritted my teeth as I glared at the guy who went behind Amelia as soon as he finished cleaning the spilled drink.I admit, these people were treating her poorly but why did the guy intrude? Does he know her well? Are they friends? Are they dating? God! I am losing my mind thinking about him.* * * * * * * * * Three days went by on a whim, I hate to admit it but I missed seeing Amelia, I missed how we bickered even though we were despising each other. I admit it is fun to drive her mad.Today, she will finally come to the school as her suspension will be over.“Oh look who graced us with her presence today?” I drawled when she walked inside the classroom.“I don’t have time for your shit, Zane. You
Amelia's POV I received a call from Garret asking me to come to work early today, hearing his voice I realized something was not well.So, as soon as I finished school I went to work, and I was shocked to see him.“Oh my God! What happened to your face?” I exclaimed as I walked inside. His nose was puffy and his lip had a deep cut.“Well, apparently we had a date together and I’m supposed to cancel it according to your boyfriend's orders,” he replied dryly as I inspected his wounds.“Wait what?” I asked him confused and worried at the same time.“Yeah even I am confused as fuck! This Zane guy, he came up here and punched me without any reason. And he was asking me to stay away from you!” Garret cried out loudly and my over sensitive ears were pained by the voice. But what shocked me the most was the fact that Zane came here to threaten him.He looked at my baffled expression and added, “I wonder what is wrong with him? Is he mentally ill or something because looked like a lunatic wh
Amelia's POV I could feel Zane’s eyes on me as I tried to focus on what our teacher was explaining. Ever since our interaction in the changing room, I could feel something has changed between us. Zane no longer looks at me like I am a disgusting piece of trash. In fact, I have noticed him looking at me several times, with interest. I don’t know what is happening between us, but not being hated by Zane is getting quite addictive to me. I turned my head slightly and glanced back and I caught him looking at me again. But this time I didn’t look away. I stared right at him as our eyes battled, and it was like a loving war between us. I could feel him challenging me to look away, but I didn’t. However, when the teacher started to explain to us about the importance of politics I had to look away and focus on the lecture. “Guys, you have an assignment to complete for your internal assessments. So we will make two groups here,” as soon as Mrs. Gomez, our teacher, said that; the Blood Shi
Amelia’s POVI looked at him with a lost look o n my face. After a beat he asked me, “Amelia?”But I could not form any words. What was left to say? I was barely standing because this guy had some serious effect on me.“Let’s at least go to the cafeteria to discuss it?” he asked when I didn’t say anything.I nodded at that and mumbled, “Okay…”I literally tried to attack him, but he let it go as if it were nothing. I am really starting to worry now.I don’t know what is happening between us, but I could feel the pull. There is something between us, unspoken and unimaginable. I could not put my fingers on it but it made me restless.After bringing me a coffee despite my reluctance, we sat at one of the tables together.I took out my notepad and pen as I stared at him blankly. Gosh! Why does this feel so difficult?We were friends once so technically I should know some things about him already. But I still feel extremely nervous.Fumbling with my pen as I asked him the first question, a
Amelia’s POVAfter hearing those horrid things that Zane said about me, I couldn't say a single more word. I returned back to the cafeteria on our seat as humiliation overwhelmed me.My hands were shaking with rage as they turned cold and I was on the verge of crying, but then I saw from the corner of my eyes that Zane was returning to the table so out of contempt I took out the wolfsbane out of my bag, which I kept just in case someone tried to attack me and added in his cup of coffee.I wiped my eyes so I didn't look like I was just about to cry my eyes off.When he came back there was a charming smile on his face, which I returned and he looked a bit shocked by the flirtatious smile on my face.Didn’t expect that, did you? Fucking arsehole.“What was that about? It took you a long time to come back,” I commented as if I were clueless.“It was just a friend, nothing you have to worry your pretty little head about,” he winked and I giggled in that cute, I have seen most girls do.I b
Amelia’s POVI stood there motionless as Garret turned around and looked at me. I was scared shitless by the look in his eyes, he wasn’t human for sure; but what is he? He looks like a bloody creature with his mouth covered in the blood of my co-worker. She lays motionless on the cold floor and I wondered what she did, to deserve a death like this?“Oh my god!” I whispered in a shaky breath as my body collided with a table behind me, I didn’t even realize I moved from my spot. My heart was beating wildly in my chest as I could barely register anything going around me.“Ah… the inquisitive Amelia. You truly have the worst timing ever,” he growled in his thunderous voice, and I saw his bloody teeth peeking out slightly.Is he a vampire? Or is he something else?“I wasn’t trying to pry on you, I was just here for my shift, but I promise I wouldn’t tell anyone about this,” I gasped out trying to make my breath even so that I don’t die due to poor ventilation.He smiled at my words as he w
Amelia’s POVAfter getting away from the jungle safely, after seeing the wild dogs lurking around; I booked a cab and headed towards the Ark Town Hospital, with the herbs tucked in my bag pack.I headed towards the receptionist as I asked her loudly… way too loud for a hospital, “Mam! May I know where Zane Alistair’s room is?”“Sure, let me check,” she replied as she slowly typed in the name and searched.“Can you hurry up for Goodness' sake!” I whispered under my breath.“Yeah, he is in Room 19,” she replied lazily as if my haste doesn’t bother her.“What floor?” I asked, a little annoyed by her slacking behavior.“Second.”I stood in front of the elevator with my heart hammering out of my chest.Fuck! today I have to face one of my biggest fears! But it’s okay I will reach Zane sooner.I consoled myself as I entered the elevator, and thankfully there were already a couple in there.The ride to the second floor was a bit hellish, but I survived through it and rushed out to the recept
Amelia’s POVI was hoping Melissa wouldn’t see me entering the room, so that I could escape her gaze just like I have for the past three weeks.I have been careful enough to not come face to face with her, because I know she would give me a piece of her mind about how I helped her brother in escaping the hospital, and rightfully so I deserve being called out for such an immature act.Zane had improved immensely, he took a week’s leave from the school but returned back as soon as he was able to walk properly without any support.I still haven’t told him about Garrett, and I think I should do it before he creates more ruckus for Zane.“Tessa!” I heard Melissa call my name out from a distance.Uh-oh! Fuck!I turned around and pretended as if I didn’t hear her and walked in the other direction. But she was quick and caught up to me, as she asked, “Are you avoiding me?”I turned to look at her as I pretended to be confused, but she just laughed at my poor acting skills as she said, “I just
Zane’s POVI walked inside of Velvet Fist as the intense sound of music rushed in my ears. I don’t even know what I am doing here, I just know that I need to find answers.Answers which my own father is denying me of. I need to know the real truth. The absolute one before I tell it all to my sunshine.I just hope she understands why I kept it away from her.“Zane?” Uncle Beck's voice came from behind and I turned around to see him chug down a drink, looking a bit sulky.“Uncle Beck,” I said in a greeting as I moved towards him.“What’s shoved up your ass today?” I asked him as he downed another drink.“Probably the fact that my mistakes are catching up with me,” he replied and downed another drink.Before the waitress could get him another one I motioned her to go away, much to my uncle’s dismay.“What’s with the booze? Trying to kill yourself before my dad does?” I asked him as I started my manipulation on him.My father taught me a lot of things and manipulating someone to get answe
-Amelia’s POV-We both controlled our breaths and evened out our clothing before heading out. Although I completely forgot about hair which was an unruly mess right now.When we arrived at the table, we saw Ronan and Tessa seething at each other as they were locked in heated eye contact.Well, well!Just as they saw us arriving back, Ronan’s lips tilted up in a lopsided smile and Tessa looked at the sandwich in front of her.“Oh look who we have here? I think the entire Ark town heard you both today,” he remarked, making my entire body red in shame.“Ron, don’t!” Zane warned him playfully as he smiled cockily like the bastard he is, both of them enjoying my embarrassment.“What are you talking about? I didn’t hear anything,” Tessa said questionably.“Umm… nothing!” I squeaked as Ronan and Zane snickered, “I will tell you about it later,” I said to her quietly as I slid next to her in the booth and Zane sat next to Ronan on the other side of the table.“So Amelia, now that you have tie
-Amelia’s POV- I smiled bashfully as I filled Tessa in about everything that went down with Zane. I am glad she is happy for us both. I guess she is the only person on the entire planet who supports us right now.Tessa looked up and so did when we saw two tall and muscular figures walking towards us. She smiled and nudged my arm, teasing me slightly.I was already feeling like I was about to pass out. I don’t know why I am feeling all of these sensations but there is something different about this meeting with Zane.It feels… intimate. More than we have ever been.I greeted Ronan who came here with Zane and then I looked at Zane who had no expression on his face, and I wondered what was wrong with him.Ronan nodded at me with the same stoic expression and then looked at Tessa and winked at her evilly.“Hi, Tessa,” Zane said, scratching the back of his head.“Zane,” she looked up at him, expressionlessly.What is with everyone here? Why is everyone so stoic today? Am I the crazy one
Zane’s POVMy phone rang again and I watched it like it was my biggest enemy right now. Amelia had been calling me for like an hour now, but I couldn’t bring myself to pick up her call. I don’t know how to talk to her, how to look her in the eyes knowing that her mother is probably getting banged by one of the dirty John’s.In future, if she ever finds out that I knew about all of this and still hid the truth from her, she will despise me. We finally were moving past our differences and then this bomb landed on our heads.I pressed the end call, but after a few seconds it rang again but it wasn’t Amelia this time. It was an unknown number so I frowned and checked the caller identity on one of those caller identification apps.It said Samuel, I begrudgingly picked up the call to know why exactly Samuel from the Moon Stone Pack was calling me.“Zane —?” Amelia’s voice boomed through the phone as soon as I picked up.What? How could it be her?“Where the hell are you and why are you igno
Zane’s POV“Oh Zane! You have grown up to be such a young man,” she exclaimed happily as if didn’t just see her alive after years, and that too fucking my uncle.“What are you doing here? And how are you alive?” I asked her stoically, not sparing her any good manners.“Zane, I know we haven’t met in a long time but there are some things I cannot disclose to you. However, I would love to know if you have met any of my children recently? How are they doing, Zane? Are they okay?” She begged me, and if I were a gullible boy I would have fallen for her beggar voice, but I knew better than that to trust a woman who stayed hidden from her own family.I looked at her with a disgusted face as I said, “Like you care,” I scoffed and took a menacing step toward her, “Now, why don’t you tell me why you stayed hidden from your own family when you knew they’d need you?!” I asked her, my voice was like a cold whisper which made her look at me with guilt.“Why don’t you ask your oh so amazing father
Zane’s POVAfter noticing my deadly gaze on him, Beckham said something to the girl in his lap who stopped fucking him immediately as she threw a glance in my direction. When she met my eyes I could see that she didn’t recognise me at all and that’s how I knew it wasn’t my Amelia. I was sure she cannot be in a place like this. But then who is this woman? Amelia doesn’t even have a twin sister or anything? But this woman is an exact doppelganger of my Amelia.My uncle and the woman, they both scurried and wore their dresses as Beckham headed towards us whereas the woman disappeared behind the glass door. Leaving me and Ronan like confused lambs. “Who the fuck is that?” I shouted as soon as Uncle Beck reached closer to us. Ronan was looking just as riveted in knowing as I was. He was still thinking it was Amelia but I was sure she wasn’t. This place is too dark and filthy for my sunshine, even though I am sure she could even make this place look like a heaven’s corner.Beckham looked
Zane’s POVI was covered in sweat and splashes of blood when I heard my phone ringing erratically.The caller ID showed it was my Dad, I frowned and picked up the call, at the same time I motioned Ronan to take care of the motherfucker that was nearly dead in front of me.Garret should have never messed with someone like me, no matter how tough of a guy he is, he cannot win against me! And Ronan was also here to help me, on top of that. There was no way he stood a chance against two future Alphas.Ronan made the bloody vampire scream like a pussy when he jabbed his eye with a blade, at the same instance my dad’s impressed voice boomed through the phone, “I see son, you are having your fun,” he said and I could hear that he was pleased to know I was somewhat merciless.“Oh, that’s just Ronan, taking care of some matters,” I replied, not wanting his hopes to reach the sky.“Good, that’s good, you both will be the pride of Ark Town one day, ruling together,” he asserted, Ronan was like a
Amelia’s POV“Where the fuck have you been?” my brother roared in anger as soon as I entered the house, trying to be discreet but obviously I failed miserably.“What? What do you mean?” I stuttered as I saw Alex fuming with anger and looking down at me.“I remember making it very clear to stay away from that guy, Amelia! Why don’t you just comply?” he asked me with a sneer on his face.Now, I have had enough of this Alpha shit! I was seriously getting fed up with everyone trying to make my life as miserable as they like. I turned to look at him, in a challenging way as I propped my hands over my hips and retorted, “You know you have no right to control my life like this! I am an adult now, and I can decide what I want!”“Yes, but you are my family so, is loyalty for your own pack too much to ask for?” he questioned and I widened my eyes at him. How could he even assume that I will ever betray my own pack. Falling for someone from another pack, is NOT a betrayal!“I am not disloyal, Al
Amelia’s POV After a long one hour drive, which was filled with peaceful silence and cold breeze, we finally reached near my pack house. Zane stopped the cab a few meters away from the gate of my house and I stayed seated. I couldn’t move from my spot even if I wanted to. I just couldn’t end feeling this way yet. The want, the need and the feelings we have for each other feels completely otherworldly. “I don’t want you to go inside,” he said in a low voice, almost as if he thought that out loud, and didn’t actually mean to say it. I placed my palm over his hand softly as I replied, “But I have to.” Our voices were hushed as if we were scared that if we talked too loud the spell would be broken. After a brief pause, Zane gulped down as he asked me, “Will you meet me at the cafeteria tomorrow for coffee?” I was surprised by his sudden request. I looked at him, my lips parted with surprise and fascination. How does he manage to make me so calm yet anxious at the same time? It is