I was glad when school was over that day, Wesley met me at my locker and I saw Leo standing across the hall with his friends. I knew that he was pissed about all the attention that dad was giving me. He had been living with dad for a couple of years before I came into the picture and I know that he definitely thought that he was going to get the pack. I’m not even sure if Sandra and Leo knew about me before he brought me home. But dad was planning a coming out party to introduce me formally to his entire pack. It was going to be a huge affair and it was definitely not something that I was up for right now. I had way too much on my mind, but there was no getting out of it. Dad gave me his credit card this morning, something else that would have pissed Leo off, and he told me to buy whatever I wanted. Even if it wasn’t a party dress. Dad told me that I was still dressing like I was living in the woods, but that’s only because it’s comfortable to me. But then again, I wasn’t us
I stood in the street really awkwardly as this beautiful woman was looking me up and down, while still wearing my rags for clothes. She was shorter than me, but she showed off everything she had. It wasn’t much, but she made me feel insecure with the way I looked at the moment. She saw Wesley holding my hand and I saw a smirk appear across her face. “I thought you were going to call me. Why didn’t you?” “Because I told you that we were over. And I meant it.” Wesley said. “You always say that we’re over. But we always find a way to work it out.” Claire said, stepping closer to him. But he took a step back. “Claire. This is Ava.” Wesley said. “I don’t care.” Claire spat, looking at me. “Well, I do. We haven’t spoken in two months and now I’ve met someone else. So, you need to back off.” Wesley said. “You really can’t be serious. You’re choosing this thing over me?” Claire asked, looking me up and down again. “Don’t refer to her as a thing. But yes, I’m choosing her over y
Wesley wasn’t lying about dinner either. That carbonara pasta was delicious. And the mud cake that he ordered for dessert was just as great. But the night had to come to an end eventually. So we got up and before I could pull out dad’s credit card, Wesley had already paid for it. He insisted and there was no changing his mind on that. He claimed that he was a gentleman and there was no way he was going to let me pay for dinner. We left the restaurant and started walking back to his truck and Wesley put his arm around my waist and we were just talking back and forth. I was amazed at how comfortable I was becoming around Wesley. And how much he had started talking lately. When I first met him, he didn’t talk much at all. He was just the strong silent type that stayed in the back while all the other assholes were giving me a hard time. Wesley drove me back to dad’s house and he actually pulled up to the gate and the guard let us in when they saw that it was me. We pulled up out t
WESLEY POVAs soon as I got home from dropping Ava off, I felt like I was on top of the world. I parked my truck around the side of the house like I always did, and I got out and looked at the scenery of the woods that surrounded our little cottage. I walked inside and saw dad sitting on the couch watching TV with a beer in his hand. “Hi dad.” I said. “Hi. Where’s mom?” I asked. “She’s in the other room sewing up my work shirts.” He said. And I plopped on the couch next to him. “So, how was dinner?” He asked. “It was good. It was really good.” I said, unable to contain the smile on my face. Remembering back to the whole afternoon and evening that I spent with Ava. “What’s that smile for? Don’t tell me that you’ve gotten back together with Claire.” Dad sighed out. “No. I haven’t gotten back together with Claire. I did see her though, for the first time in ages.” I said. And he looked at me out of the corner of my eye. “You were always right about her dad, she’s a real bitch.” I
AVA POV I got up the following morning after my night out with Wesley, feeling excited, nervous and anxious all at the same time. Wesley was the only thing that had me feeling excited and that got me out of bed that morning. But when I got up, it was early. Everyone else was still asleep so I got changed into a white loose fitting shirt, gray track pants, socks and shoes. I left my room and I started jogging around the perimeter of the yard, passing all of the guards along the way but not paying any attention to any of them. The whole time, my mother’s face was playing on my mind. That photo that I received of my mother was running through my head. I had memorized it and I was thinking about it non-stop. Was there anything in the photo that could give away her location? But the more I thought about it, the more I came up empty. I didn’t have a damn clue where she could be. I ran the perimeter of the yard three times, and by the time I got back to the house I was panting and sw
Wesley picked me up again outside the gate of the mansion and he drove me to school instead of me having to walk the whole way. When we got to school, we thought that people would have gotten over seeing us together, but I was wrong. We were still the sideshow attraction. And Wesley walked me to my locker first when I saw Skylar, Stella and Sarah walking over to us. “Hi there Wesley.” Skylar said, stopping right beside him. But I chose to ignore her and anything that they had to say. “Hi.” Wesley said, simply. “We were wondering what you were doing tonight? There’s a party at Sarah’s house. She’s pretty keen on you coming to it.” Stella said. “I don’t know. What do you think Ava? Wanna go to a party at Sarah’s house?” Wesley asked, and I turned to look at the girls while I was still looking through my bag. “I’d rather be set on fire.” I said. “Well, I guess there’s your answer. We’ll pass.” Wesley said. “The invitation was only for you. Not her.” Skylar spat in my direc
Wesley ended up getting a blanket out of the truck and he laid it on the bed of the truck, still holding hands and we laid down and watched the sun set over the city while we were still parked next to the river. It was getting really cold as the sun was going down, but Wesley stayed pretty close and made sure that I was warm. I don’t think he wanted to leave. “Dad didn’t even tell me what happened back then. I listened to him and my mother talking in the other room.” Wesley said. “I guess they don’t think that we can handle it. Parents suck sometimes. My dad only told me the very basics.” I said. And Wesley scoffed. “You don’t need to tell me. I wish they would realize that we aren’t as stupid as they think we are.” Wesley said. “Well, as long as we keep eavesdropping on them then we might get the whole story.” I said and Wesley started laughing. “That sounds like a plan.” He said. “You know, I think this is my favorite spot in the whole city.” I said, looking up at the
The next morning I stayed in my room until well after breakfast. I didn’t really have any concerns at all with going downstairs and looking at Sandra or Leo. I didn’t even know if they were home, but if they were I really didn’t want to see them. WESLEY - What are you doing? ME - Hiding in my room. WESLEY - From what? ME - Sandra and Leo. If they are downstairs, then I’m not going downstairs. WESLEY - Do you want to go out and do something? ME - I can’t. Dad said that I had to stay here all day because of the party tonight. He needs to make sure that I am easy to find when it’s time to start getting ready. Barf. WESLEY - Well, I have got the tux and I’ll be there at 7pm sharp. ME - You better be. I’m not facing all those people alone. WESLEY - I’ll see you then. ME - Bye. Someone then started knocking on the door so I got off my bed and I went upstairs to answer it. “Sandra. I don’t believe you’ve ever come to my room before.” I said, leaning on the doorframe.
I got out of that car, taking the phone with me, and I got back in the car with Noah and Mason sped off down the highway again. "Are you fucking crazy? You scared the hell out of me." Noah yelled. "Well, I'm glad that I did it." I said, showing him the phone. "What about it?" "Leo just called to ask if I was dead. He set these bastards after me." I said. "Did you say anything?" Noah asked. "Only that I was going to fuck him up. I think he took me seriously." I said. "Probably. Since you just killed two men that were meant to kill you." Noah said. "Exactly." I smirked. "Don't fucking do that to me again." Noah said, pulling me closer to him. I knew that he needed me to be sitting near him just so he could calm down. It was the calming effect of the mate bond that he needed right now. I guess I must have really scared him. "I know that you are used to only thinking about yourself. But you can't do that anymore." Noah whispered as he inhaled my scent, right next to
Once we got Noah back to the cabin we had to pack up all of our things as fast as we could. If there were stealth warriors hanging around then there was a good chance that they had already made the call to tell their boss where we were. I'd never seen those men before, so I didn't know if they worked for dad or not. But we just knew that we needed to get out of there. We packed up the car in record time and got out of there as fast as possible. Noah and I were in the backseat while the other two were in the front seat. Noah had picked up the pieces of the necklace and he was examining it in the car. Trying to figure out what it was made of. It had to be something made of dark magic to take my memories the way that it did. "Any ideas?" I asked. "None. I don't have a clue about what this material is." He said. "Alright. Well, keep the pieces. Just in case." I said, holding out a ziplock bag for him to put them in. "Just in case what?" He asked. "Just in case I need to ha
As I was sitting on the ground staring at the ring, I was pulled out of it when Mason yelled at me and attacked the warriors that were approaching me. I tried to get to my feet, but I knew that I was really badly hurt right now. At least a few several broken ribs and a broken ankle. I saw Noah slowly getting to his feet and he had blood all over his face. He wasn't looking too good himself, but that didn't stop him from attacking the warriors that were coming near me. He was going to protect me with everything that he had. As the last warriors realized that he was the only one left standing. The only one left alive, he took one last effort to lunge at me but was grabbed my Noah who had extended his claws and ripped the warriors throat out. Dropping his dead body on the ground. Noah ran over to me and kneeled down in front of me. "Ava." He said, looking me over. Seeing that I was badly hurt. But I was staring at him like he wasn't even there. I looked back down at my hand a
I got up out of bed and I looked out the window at the moon that was shining brightly right into my bedroom and I was more confused than ever. If my mother wasn't actually my mother, then what happened to her. Noah mentioned knowing my mother at one point. Now I need to know exactly everything that he knew about her. I got changed into a grey sweater, tights, socks and sand shoes. I left the house and I started jogging around the lake, trying to clear my head. I was running through the woods, dodging the branches, jumping over the ones that were on the ground, it was almost like an obsticle course. Usually something like this was really enjoyable to me, but today it wasn't. I don't know why. There was something going on with me that I couldn't explain. Something that felt strange and foreign. I hated this feeling and I just kept running until I didn't feel like this anymore. But the problem was, the feeling was going away. And by the time I was passing the house for the fourth ti
Knowing the lengths that my father was going to in order to get me back, made me realize that he was more desperate to get me back than I thought. And Noah was determined that it was because he had an agreement with Elias, or he was in Elias’ debt or something like that. Either way, he only wanted me so he could trade me to an Alpha that was going to use me for whatever the hell he wanted. And Noah was damn sure he wasn’t going to let that happen. I was just upset that we had dragged Jax and Mason into this, but they said that they wouldn’t have it any other way. They were going to be beside Noah’s side, no matter what. Even if they were now labelled as kidnappers. That still didn’t make me feel any better. But I had to try and get my head straight. I had to find out what Wesley and his family wanted with me and I needed to find out who my real mother was. It seemed like Isabella Matthews never even existed. Everything about her was just erased to make it look like she was never th
We had no idea where the hell we were going. We just needed to get the hell out of the city. We didn’t know how many allies my father had so Noah was behind the wheel of the car and he took all the side streets until we finally hit the highway and we kept on going. I was sitting in the front with Noah while the other two were chatting in the backseat. “So, if Elias is your father then does that mean you are next in line to his pack?” I asked. “Not anymore. He disowned me when I said that I wasn’t going to go ahead with his plan to kidnap you.” Noah said. “But you didn’t know that I was your mate back then. Why would you not want to do it?” I asked. “Because I saw what he did to your mother. I wasn’t going to let him do it to another girl.” He said. “So, the sadistic Alpha raised a son with morals. That’s unusual.” I said. “Yeah. We need to find somewhere to hold up where they won’t think to look.” Noah said. “I don’t know my dad that well. So, I don’t know where he will think
I snuck back up to my room once I was finished in the office and I made sure that there was no trace of me in the office. And I definitely printed out those correspondences from dad to Elias. I went back up to my room and I paced around for a little while before I sat at my desk and I turned on my own computer. I started researching Elias. But the only thing I could find was all the praise that he was getting in the human world for all the good deeds that he had done for people. All the charities that he was involved with and the schools that he donated money to in poverty stricken neighborhoods. He looked like a real saint on paper, but that was about it. There was nothing in the press to make him look bad. He was never caught up in a scandal. So I typed in my father’s name and he wasn’t in as many articles but they were just as clean as Elias. These men were really careful to keep their true selves hidden. They definitely didn’t want anyone to see what they were really lik
Noah and I sat at the table talking for ages, but I knew the reality of the situation. I knew that I needed to get home. Before my dad realized that I was gone. My phone started ringing and I saw that it was Wesley, but I ignored it. I then sent him a message and told him that dad had me doing some pack work and I couldn’t talk to him now. I didn’t know how I was going to handle the whole Wesley situation, but I knew that I needed to keep it close to the vest. I couldn’t let anyone, except Noah, know what I know. There was too much at stake. Noah drove me home but he stopped down the road so the camera’s and guards didn’t pick up his car or anything like that. “Will you be alright sneaking back in?” He asked. “Yeah. I’ll be fine. I’ve done it heaps of times.” I said. “Alright. Listen, it would be best if Wesley doesn’t suspect anything right now.” He said. “I know. Same with dad and Sandra. I won’t tell them anything.” I said. “Alright. I know that this is hard. And I
As soon as I had heard enough from Wesley and his parents, I left their house and I started walking around the city aimlessly. I didn’t know where I was going or what I was doing. Not until I realized that I was standing outside the hotel that Noah was staying in. I stood there staring at the building. Still not moving. Like I was in shock. “Ava.” Someone said, walking up beside me. I turned my head and Jax was there. “Hello counselor.” I said. “Noah already messaged me and told me that you know the truth. Are you alright?” He asked. “I don’t know.” I said. “Come inside.” He said. But I shook my head. “I’m not leaving you out here alone. Come on.” He said. So he took me inside the hotel and up to their penthouse suite. He opened the door and I saw another man sitting on the couch drinking a beer. But as soon as he saw me walk in, he jumped up really suddenly and started acting really weird. “Ava. This is our weirdo friend Mason. And now you see why I was asked to be yo