CHAPTER 4

When I finally climbed into bed that night I read a book for a little while before I finally fell asleep. 

When I woke up the following morning I dragged myself out of bed and I headed downstairs to get a coffee that I made myself, and I sat in the kitchen drinking it. Even when the breakfast staff came in to start cooking. They weren't used to seeing a member of the family there, but they were going to get used to the fact that I'm not like the others. 

When breakfast was served I ate in silence while Sandra made small talk with dad and Leo, deliberately not talking to me which I was completely fine with. And as soon as I was finished eating, I got up and went back to my room. 

I got changed into baggy torn jeans, a loose fitting t-shirt and a hoodie with sand shoes on. 

I put all of the books in my bag and I headed downstairs and straight out the front door without saying goodbye to anyone. 

I left the property and started walking towards the city. 

I always left early because it was a long walk towards the city and I refused to catch the bus or go with Leo. 

I enjoyed walking, no matter how much dad hated it. 

As soon as I got to school, I was walking around the side of the building towards the entrance when someone grabbed me around the waist and held his hand over my mouth. 

He dragged me behind the dumpsters and when he let go of me I saw that it was the same dickhead that pushed me into the lockers the day before. 

“Do you want to get your ass kicked by a girl?” I growled. And then someone grabbed me from behind. But it wasn’t one, there were two of them. One had each arm while that guy was standing in front of me. 

“Skylar is one of my best friends.” He said, walking closer to me. And I used his friends holding me as leverage and I threw the bottom half of my body up and I kicked him in the face. 

He fell back and his two friends pulled me back and slammed me against the brick wall. 

One of them punched me in the face while the other one punched me in the stomach.

“Back off a bit you two.” The other one said, with blood pouring down from his nose. 

“Oh, come on Bruce. Let us have a little fun with her.” One of them grunted. But he growled at them. So they stood back, but they were still holding my arms and they made sure that their legs were in front of my legs so I couldn’t kick Bruce again.

Bruce stalked towards me and he wiped the blood from his face and then he got really close and he put his nose in the crook of my neck. Inhaling my scent. 

I looked away from him because he revolted me and I fought to get my arms free. 

“Hurry up Bruce. This bitch is strong.” One of his friends said, struggling to hold me against the wall. 

So Bruce kneed me in the stomach and punched me in the face, over and over and over again. 

I could feel the thick liquid falling from several different places on my face and he just kept punching me. 

Pretty soon, the only thing holding me against that wall were his friends. 

“Hey. What the fuck are you doing?” Another guy started yelling, pulling Bruce away from me. 

“Giving this bitch what she deserves.” Bruce growled. 

“I think she’s had enough.” He said. 

“Come on guys. We’ll see you later sweetheart.” Bruce said to me as his friends let me go and I fell to the ground. 

I managed to sit up and lean against the wall and when I looked up I saw the guy that helped me was still standing there. It was the same guy that was always hanging around with the bullies but he was always at the back, never saying or doing anything to me or laughing at any of their snide comments. 

“Are you alright?” He asked, kneeling down beside me. 

“Why the hell do you care? Aren’t you one of them?” I asked. 

“Not like this.” He said handing me a tissue. 

I started wiping the blood from my face, but it was pointless. There was too much blood and I just leaned back against the wall trying to catch my breath.

“Listen, Bruce and those guys, they love pranks but they don’t really mean to hurt anyone ever, if you get to know them you’ll see they are actually very nice, sometimes they go too far but not on purpose. Definitely never this far. They were actually pretty nice people once. I don’t really know what happened. And I don’t know why they are taking it out on you so much.”He said.

“Yes, you do.” I said. 

“Well, I mean because you’re the Alpha’s daughter.”  

“Is that why you’re being nice to me? Because I’m the Alpha’s fucking daughter?” I asked. 

“No. Because I don’t like seeing them bully you.” He said.

“Whatever.” I said. 

“I’m Wesley.” He said.

“Congratulations. Look, you’ve already done your good deed for the day. You can leave.” I said. 

“I’m trying to be nice to you.” 

“Yeah. And Sarah was apparently being nice to me yesterday. Look at how that turned out. Just leave me alone.” I said. 

He looked at me with disappointment and a little sadness in his eyes, but he nodded and he got up and left me alone. 

I didn’t need his pity and I didn’t want his pity. 

I pulled my hood back over my head and I walked into school and straight to the bathroom where I could use water to wash off the blood from my face. 

I stayed there for a little while when I finally managed to clear away all of the blood and I headed to my first class. 

I sat at the same desk as yesterday and I kept my head down because of the bruises that were covering my face now and the small cuts all over it. 

My phone then started buzzing, so I dug into my bag to grab it and I saw that I didn’t recognise the number. 

UNKNOWN - I know what you are!

ME - Who is this?

UNKNOWN - You don’t need to know yet. I know who you are and they are going to find out as well. Everyone is going to find out. 

ME - Who the fuck is this?