CHAPTER 2

“Big fucking mistake.” I growled, glaring at Skylar and her friends behind her. 

I reached forward and grabbed Skylar by the hair, pulling her head down as I kneed her in the face and then I elbowed her on her back and she fell to the ground. I spun around and kicked Sarah in the stomach and she flew through the air and straight through the floor to ceiling wall and landed on the pavement outside. 

I then looked at the third girl that was standing there, eyes really wide with shock and fear and I punched her in the throat and while she was gasping for air I kneed her in the stomach and as she bent over I punched her across the face and she fell to the ground as well. 

I turned around to look at everyone else that was staring at me in shock around the cafeteria and I stood over Skylar who was still on the ground and I walked towards the door of the cafeteria. 

I looked over to see that same guy who pushed me into the locker standing at a table with his friends, all of them looking really shocked as well, but the one that was standing at the back is the one that caught my attention. 

I had seen him earlier in the day, and no matter how many times his friends would hurt me or say something to me, he wouldn’t laugh or join in. He just ignored them as much as I tried. 

It wasn’t long after that when the Principal came to find me while I was sitting outside and he told me that I needed to follow him to his office. 

When I got there, I sat in his office and he wanted to know what happened in the cafeteria. But I didn’t say much. I didn’t tell him about the bullying. There was no need to. I could take care of myself. They could throw whatever they wanted at me and I could throw it right back at them. There was absolutely no reason why I should tell him what happened. 

At least, that’s what I thought. 

It wasn’t long after that when I saw the woman in the office get off of her chair really quickly and I looked over to see a man in a three-piece suit walking into the office. 

He walked straight past the office lady and slammed open the Principal’s office door. Mr. Bennett jumped up from his seat immediately and came around his desk and bared his neck to my father immediately. 

“Alpha John. I am so sorry that I had to call you in here like this.” Mr. Bennett said. But dad just stood there staring at him before he turned his softer gaze on me. 

“What happened?” Dad asked. 

“I got jumped so I defended myself.” I said simply. And my dad looked back at Mr. Bennett with his Alpha aura pushing forward slightly. I could tell that my father was pissed off but he wasn’t saying much. And Mr. Bennett was feeling the aura wash over him as he slowly lowered to the ground.

“Who were the girls?” Dad asked, his face was now void of any real emotion at all. 

“Skylar, Sarah and Stella.” I said. 

“You do know that those three are known around the entire pack as the three S’s for a reason. Sluts, skanks and stoners.” Dad said, and I had to stifle a laugh as he said that. 

“I know that Alpha John. But I need to show that I am not playing favorites and I need to punish Ava for what she did.” Mr. Bennett said. 

“No you don’t. My daughter will not be punished for defending herself.” Dad stated, matter of factly before he looked at me.

“Yes, sir. She won’t get any sort of punishment at all.” Mr. Bennett said, sweat dripping from his face while my dad’s aura was still pouring out of him. 

“Let’s go Ava. You have classes to get to.” Dad said as he opened the door and I walked out, with him right behind me. 

“Wow.” I said as we walked into the hall. 

“On your first day of school.” Dad said, looking at me. But I just shrugged my shoulders. 

“They really did deserve it.” 

“I don’t doubt that. I just didn’t think anything like this would happen on the first day. I have to get back to work. Can you just tell me one thing first?” He asked. 

“Okay.” I said. 

“Where the hell did you learn to fight like that?” He asked. And I just smiled at him as I turned and walked away towards my next class. 

When school was over I walked out of the building and I couldn’t wear my hoodie, which felt like a security blanket, because it was all wet. But I started walking down the streets of the city as I was heading towards the suburbs. Watching all of the human’s going about their daily lives, completely unaware of what surrounded them at my school. 

I saw Leo pass me in his car with a few friends, but they were going in the opposite direction. So I guess they weren’t going straight home. 

It took me about an hour to finally walk there, but when I got home, I used the keypad to get into the side gate and I walked onto the sprawling landscaped yard and I looked up at the three story old stone style mansion that was in front of me. 

It actually had more than one house on the property, which was 20 acres, but this was the main house. 

I walked up to the front door and I saw my stepmother Sandra, standing in the massive living room with really high ceilings and floor to ceiling walls. 

She was tapping her high heel on the hardwood floor and she was staring straight at me as I was walking through the door. 

“Who the hell do you think you are?” She growled at me. 

“Excuse me.” I said, confused by her anger. 

“You got into a fight today. With three girls from school.” 

“Yeah. Dad already sorted that out.” I said. 

“Well, I am friends with their mothers.” She said, and I rolled my eyes. 

“Why am I not surprised? Are you the one that taught the tramps how to dress? Because I knew there was a resemblance.” I said. And she walked over and slapped me across the face.

“That’s one.” I muttered to myself. 

“What?” She asked. 

“You’ll know when you get to three.” I glared at her. And she didn’t know what to think when I said that, or how to interpret the look on my face. So she just turned around in a huff and went to the other room. 

I turned towards the stairs and I went up to the third floor and I went into my bedroom and I hung my bag on the hook on the wall. 

I got all of my books out of it and I placed them on the desk that was looking out the large window of my bedroom. 

I opened my laptop first and I logged into my account and I opened my emails to see if I had any new ones. But unfortunately, there wasn’t anything new there for me. 

Hey Noah, 

I know that we haven’t spoken in a while and you were giving me some space while I moved into my dad’s house. But I’m all moved in now and I would really like to talk to you again. See what’s happening in your life and everything that’s going on back at your place. I look forward to hearing from you.

Ava

As soon as I finished that email I went to my ensuite bathroom and I got in the shower, but it wasn’t as peaceful as I had hoped. 

I was startled when the door slammed open, while I was in the shower and Leo was standing at the door glaring at me.