The Omegas cleared the plates off of the dining room table, and I was instantly made aware of the fact that everyone was expecting me to dismiss them. I hadn’t thought about it until now, but I realised that I was not ready for all of us to go our separate ways. There was merely too much that still needed to be discussed, but even so, I also knew that these people were in no position to discuss anything of actual importance with one another. It made me wonder how all of them had managed to stay in the same house for eighteen years to begin with. “I would like to be dismissed. I still have a final assignment that I will need to submit tomorrow, and I do not wish to be up too late working on it.” Samantha’s question was directed at me, and I realised that I had instructed her that she would need to be dismissed by her parents and not by me. I didn’t know whether or not this was a test and she was merely waiting to see whether or not I had said that as a joke. I decided that it would b
As I walked Luke and Julie to the door, I could hear the bath water running, and I knew that Samantha was going to be occupied for quite some time - not that I minded. The Omegas were still going to be here for a while in order to clean up, and by the time that they left, Samantha should have had some time to think about everything that had happened this evening. I did not yet know whether or not I would go and try to speak to her about the matter, but it would only be a matter of time until I was able to make a decision. “It was a pleasure to share your company this evening, Alpha Elijah. I apologise for Samantha’s reaction to your decision. I hope that she will come to her senses soon enough.” The comment came from Luke, and I had to admit that he had some nerve that not even I would have had. There was no guarantee that Samantha wasn’t able to hear us, and to speak so freely was rather disrespectful. I wouldn’t have been surprised if Samantha came running towards us with a machet
I might not have developed my supernatural heating abilities yet, but I was able to hear Elijah walking up the staircase, and I could not help but to brace myself for his inevitable arrival at the bathroom door. I might be wrong, and he might not even be coming here, but I had the feeling that that was not going to be the case this time around. After the evening that we had had, it would have been suspicious if he didn’t come here to try and talk some sense into me. It would have been much easier for me if I didn’t have to speak to him. After all, there were other things for me to worry about right now, things that were more important than teaching people how to be enforcers when I couldn’t even be one. I didn’t think that I was being unreasonable, and I hoped that it would only be a matter of time before Elijah realised that he was the one who was being unreasonable. I hadn’t done anything that would have made me undeserving of being an enforcer. There was a soft knock on the bathr
I could feel the uncomfortable stirring in my loins as I sat there, waiting for Samantha to respond to me. I took it that she hadn’t thought of the situation in the same manner as I had, which was why she had been arguing with me. But, I chose to believe that her silence symbolised that she was acknowledging that I was right. But that wasn’t why I felt like a horny teenager in the midst of my crush. No. The reason why I felt the way that I did, was because the bubbles that had barely been covering her before, were disappearing. And despite my earlier statement, there was a lot of her that I wanted to see. The only thing separating the two of us right now, was my own self-control. I didn’t think that Samantha even considered what was going through my mind right now, and a part of me was thankful for that small mercy. “Aren’t you going to say anything?” I wanted her to start talking to me again, to start explaining what was going through her mind. It was one of the few things that I
Once Elijah closed the door behind him, I sunk back down into the water, feeling my tense body relax. The water was now lukewarm, which made me want to get out, but I knew that there was nothing stopping me from adding more hot water. It would definitely give me a reason to stay in here for longer, because with my luck, if I went out here, then I would need to speak to him again because he would probably be waiting for me. It was something that I dreaded, and before anyone could tell me not to, I started to run more bath water. I waited a moment, listening to hear whether or not I would have to close the tap, but no instruction came from outside - and I sent a silent prayer of thanks up to the moon goddess for that. I felt like I had already handled everything that I needed to handle today. I couldn’t handle much more. But even once the hot water had been poured into the bathtub, even once all traces of cold water had been removed, I still couldn’t get myself to relax as much as I w
I would be lying if I claimed to know what woke me up in the middle of the night, but I suddenly found myself with the insatiable thirst for water. I didn’t have to go far to quench my thirst, but once I was laying in bed, I could not help but to lay awake. I knew, without a doubt, that I wouldn’t be falling asleep anytime soon. I could try as much as I wanted to, and it wasn’t going to get me anywhere. And I knew that it had everything to do with my curiosity in terms of Samantha, my eagerness to know how she was coping with everything that was happening to her. But as much as I wanted to know how she was doing, I also knew that it was none of my business. It was not my role or responsibility to check up on her, although, she is living under my roof. Perhaps that gives me the right to go there? It was something that I wasn’t entirely sure about, and I didn’t want to do something that was out of line in Samantha’s books. Goodness knew that I had already overstepped the boundaries mor
“Come on. Let’s get you out of bed.” I would be lying if I said that I knew what to say to her, or what to give her as an explanation for what was happening, but I didn’t think that it would matter in any case. It seemed like ninety percent of her was still asleep, which meant that I would need to try harder to get her to wake up. I did not want her condition to get worse, and if this was a small price that I had to pay to keep that from happening, then so be it. It was something that I was willing to do. “Why?” She turned onto her side stomach, essentially shielding herself from being bothered further. It was a smart move to make, and I couldn’t help but acknowledge the fact that this was a trained older sister. She knew what to do in order to preserve her peace and her sleep. I, on the other hand, did not know how to deal with stubborn teenagers who had no interest in waking up, even though it was for their own good. “Because you stink.” It seemed like this was the right respon
I did my best not to pull myself back towards him when Elijah started lowering me onto the toilet, and I couldn’t help but feel like an idiot for even wanting him to keep me that close to him in the first place. But it was a feeling that I couldn’t help, a reaction that seemed as natural to me as breathing. I had felt better when he had been carrying me, and now that I was sitting on the cold toilet again, I could do no more than to feel sick again. I didn’t need to think too hard to know that all of these things were the effects of shifting, but this isn’t what it was explained to me as. I felt like I was dying, to say the least. Surely, this wasn’t how it was supposed to feel? My skin felt itchy, sticky from the sweat that Elijah had pointed out, and my limbs felt like they no longer belonged to me. I doubted that I would have been able to walk here by myself, even if I had wanted to. And the fact that I had managed to make it half of the way here, was a miracle in itself. “I’m ju