Anger Rising...

Anaya's POV

"Anaya." Darius's voice was firmer. "No way, this must be some sort of a fucking joke!"

"How is this possible?" Dean's frown was so deep and targeted to me that anyone would think I caused this!

Duke on the other hand, he only stood there observing my reaction with a cold face...observing my reaction?! That was when I flared up, expressing all of my rage!

"Do you all think I liked this any better than you do! After all of my suffering, the moon goddess didn't even think I deserved any kind of compensation, only for me to end up with my bullies?? Do you--"

"Shut it down, Anaya." Darius's deep voice cut me off, but I wasn't done with them.

With the way my eyes pierced deeply towards them, one might even start to see flames of fire raging through them! I was pissed and neither of them had any right to yell at me like that as if I too wasn't being hurt at the moment.

"No. No, don't tell me to shut up because I'm not done with you. You three are the worst nightmare ever, and now, it's as if all of my patience for something better yet to come, is just all for nothing!"

"Well we don't like this anymore than you do!" This time, it was Duke's turn to speak. "In fact, we reject you--"

My laugh was shrill and bitter, only there to mock Duke's stupid talk. "What? I reject you first! If you think I would for once stoop so low to be with any of you, you must all be more stupid than I had thought."

I didn't know where that rage was coming from, but I let it. I feel my wolf, Laila, growling on the inside, angry too.

"What the heck? Who do you all even think you are? Whatever nonsense is running through your fucking minds, you seem to be forgetting that you are going to be Alphas some day! But with this childishness, maybe our pack is doomed! Ever for once think that?"

There, I was going to share all of my anger. Everything I had held back, because now, what was the point??

"You think you can speak to us in this manner? How dare you?" Darius fired back at me. "How dare you--"

"--how dare you, Darius!" It came shocking to me as well, but fuck all of my foolish kindness! These boys were never going to stop haunting me! "How dare you all think that you have any right to treat me this way, all because of something my mother did many years ago?"

Dean smirked, cold and filled with hatred. "You will never be worth it. That's why we remind you constantly of your pathetic-"

"-can you even hear yourself? Who are you to deem my worthiness? No. Rather, shame on you to judge me because of my weakness and pick on me. Because this is all you will ever be. Shameless, stupid, picking on the weak ones in the pack. What a great thing it is for people to lean on idiots like you someday, hoping for half the fair judgment your parents possess."

To my surprise, I stopped to stare at how the brothers gave me this funny look, like I'd been going crazy. Fuck it, I knew it was all over for me. I might be sleeping in the woods from now on once they tell their parents how rude I'd been to them. But why didn't I care anymore?

I thought tears would stream down my eyes, I feared I'd disappointed my father down there in his grave, but a part of me actually laughed out imagining my father smiling and cheering me on right now for standing up to these boys.

I studied the expression on their faces, "that's right. This bitch is going crazy. So if you know what's good for you? You'd stay the fuck away from me!" Fear crept through every muscle in my body. I felt my heart beating so fast I thought I would collapse. But they just stood there, staring at me.

That was when I turned and ran away from them as fast as I possibly could. I didn't even know where I was going to, but it had to be far from them. I didn't want to find out how much trouble I'd caused for myself just yet. I scoffed in disbelief at myself. "And did you think yelling like a mad woman would stop your suffering? Ha!"

But I didn't care. I dared say half of what I'd always wanted to. I was by the side of the lake now, not even realizing how much distance I'd managed to cover. I bent down to catch a glimpse of my reflection in the water. The brightness of the moon shone on me, making my face visible.

I looked ridiculous with the image of myself being a little smudge in the water, clearly my makeup had been slightly ruined. I hated the fact that I had put in so much effort on myself only for..."This isn't happening," I muttered, shaking my head in denial.

Three images of some girls standing before me jolted me to jump up defensively. Sarah, the queen bee stood in front with Maria and Donna behind.

"You caused this!" Sarah came forward, slapping my shoulders back. "You have ruined us!"

"I knew you were trouble when you walked in, are you happy now, huh!" Maria grabbed me by the front, gathering my dress in her hand with force, then she pushed me back.

I couldn't just stand there and let myself be bullied. It was three against me so I would need to defend myself quickly. "What are you talking about!" I shot back.

"They broke up with us!" Donna broke down in tears, and that was when I saw what they all had in common. Their eyeliners had been smudged, creating black circles around their eyes. They'd been crying...but why did they break up with them? It didn't make any sense since I'd just been rejected by the devil brothers!

Again came the push from Sarah, "you deserve to die for your misfortune. See what it has caused us, huh!" She advanced closer and closer.

My feet were stained with the water and if I didn't act fast, they would push me and literally drown me in the water! I couldn't swim, and no amount of screams could send help down my way around here.

Seeing Donna being distracted, sobbing like a baby, I use that medium to force my way forward, knocking her down. Now I was away from the water side, but they still could easily drag me into it. "You girls are making reckless decisions." I was getting ready to run.

I couldn't take on the three of them, they were probably much stronger than I was! Especially together. But running meant I would live to see another day, and that was just smart.

"Get her, girls!" Sarah screech. Instantly, her minions launched themselves forward in a rage. I easily dodged Maria's hand ready to grasp my shoulder and slapped it off me. Donna was an easier target as I gripped her hair tight and turned her towards her minions, then pushed her forward with all my strength. She went crashing into the girls, giving me a little head start to run.

Behind me, I heard Sarah's voice. "She's getting away, get her!" I hadn't ran too far before I came bumping into three figures. Damn it, my luck must be wearing thinner than I used to believe!

Anger filled their eyes, all three of them and it made me wonder just what kind of danger I'd gotten myself into. How could I outrun these strong Alphas! I take a moment to catch my breath, determined to run as fast as I could. But before anything could happen, the three ladies had caught up with me and were now standing face to face with the trio.

Sarah rushed forward, "baby! She hurt us. She hurt me!" She was pointing in my direction now. "She--"

"Cut the crap, Sarah. In case you don't realize it, you have just made the biggest mistake of your fucking life!."

That was when I realized it. Their anger hadn't been channeled at me, but at whatever had posed as a threat to me! Was this the triplet Alphas protecting me?