Lizzie The drive home was a mix of emotions. I missed having Evan near me but I also knew we needed time to figure everything out. The guys were hopefully going to help me figure all of this out, I really didn’t even know where to begin. I pulled up in front of the apartment and something felt off. I could sense Shay walking around and on edge. What is it? What are you feeling? She was a mess, “I don’t know. I sense several wolves are near by.” Okay, we know that rogues live around here, do you think it is someone new moving in? “No these aren’t rogues. Lizzie behind you! I turned around and before I could even raise a hand or scream I was being tackled and shoved into a van. Something hard hit me in the head and the world started to spin. Shay what is going on? She screamed at me to wake up but I couldn’t the world was all black and I couldn’t feel Shay anymore, I was floating in nothingness. Evan I pulled up to her building and saw her car out front. The trunk was open and all of
Lizzie I knew I couldn’t stay; it was only two weeks till my birthday, but I knew it wasn’t safe for me to stay at the group home once my wolf woke up. I was a rouge and as much as I wanted to stay and graduate, I just couldn’t. I wouldn’t put the other girls at risk, the group home had been my home for the last two years. If the local pack found me, they wouldn’t stop till they had killed me. They hated all rogues and hunted them down. So, I started to put my plan into action. I had been saving every penny since I started working at 15. Becky had taken a chance hiring me and I had found a family of sorts working with the staff of The Coffee Bean. Becky always made sure I had a full stomach, she never let me leave without taking food along. I had no idea what I was going to do without Becky and John. I needed to let her know I was leaving. I know I was going to miss her for the rest of my life! I only had two weeks left till my life turned upside down again! Two week
LizzieI walked my bike up to the bus station and put it in the bike rack, I knew I couldn’t keep riding all the way there and would need to spend some of my limited money on a bus ticket. The ticket window opened at 6am and it was only 5:30 so I had some time to kill before I could get a ticket and get as far away as possible. I pulled out my favorite book The Count of Monte Cristo and picked a page at random and started reading. I could start anywhere in this book and know exactly what was happening. The book was falling apart and taped in so many places I couldn’t even see the front cover anymore, it was an old friend, and it gave me so much comfort. Shay was just beginning to stir in my mind and came forward to see what was going on. I gave her the simple storyline of my book and we talked about the different characters and how the main character was treated so unfairly. As we continued to get to know each other the bus station lights popped on and I knew it was time to get out of
Evan I am so tired of sitting here and listening to my dad go on and on about the importance of going to college and getting my business degree. I didn’t want to take over the family security company, I was never meant to be the Alpha. That was supposed to have been Brian, it was always meant to be Brian. My older brother had been killed last year by a group of rogues that had come onto the pack territory. We never learned why they had been stupid enough to cross the border. The wolves had scattered before we caught them all and the ones we did catch were killed. Unfortunately, Brian wasn’t as lucky. So now I am stuck here listening to my dad go on and on. Andre was urging me to listen, he was excited about being the next Alpha and knew that we could do this. Andre was always ready for a challenge! I on the other hand just wanted to go to art school. I wanted to find my mate and have a family. Now all of those plans had gone out the window. I was 19 and getting ready t
Lizzie I got up and wandered to the kitchen needing coffee before my day at the restaurant began. Tom had been in a mood yesterday and I hoped that he was in a much better mood today. As I half stumbled to the kitchen Charlie put a cup of coffee on the counter and slowly backed away. After a year of living together they knew not to attempt conversation with me until at least halfway through my first cup. As I poured the liquid gold into my cup and added more creamer then was needed, I held the cup between my hands and took a sip. I instantly felt warm and slightly more human. Shay Stretched as well and started wake up. Coffee is our happy place!Charlie “well good morning sleeping beauty. You got in late last night. “Lizzie “unfortunately it wasn’t for a fun reason, Tom was in a mood after another server quit last night. He had me stay and close up, so I didn’t get out of there until after midnight. He really needs to not insult every single woman he hires. He told th
Evan I kept driving till I found this dive off the highway. I normally didn’t come to this side of town most of the pack stayed in the city center. Today I just needed a break from all of the pressure and responsibility. Andre perked up as soon as we parked. He was pacing back and forth in my mind and kept trying to talk but couldn’t find the right words.Evan, “Dude you need to chill, what is going on?”Andre, “I don’t know but something big is happening! I can feel it!”Evan, “please just chill, I don’t need this shit today!”I opened the door to the diner and her smell hit me first! The most amazing smell of dark chocolate coffee hit me and almost knocked me backward. The second thing I sensed is she is a rouge! What the hell is happening? How did I walk into the only restaurant that had a fucking rogue working there? I scanned the room until I locked eyes with the most beautiful woman I had ever seen in my life. But she was a rogue!Evan I kept driving till I foun
Lizzie I dropped everything and ran from the restaurant; I didn’t care what the fuck Tom was going to do. I had to tell Stephen and Charlie what was happening and that I had to get out of here. How is it that I had found my mate and he had run from me, and now I was going to run from him. It wasn’t worth the risk to stay. The moon Goddess had made a mistake. He was from the Crescent Moon Pack. They killed rogues on site these days. I am just so lucky he hadn’t killed me right then and there. As I walked in the door to the apartment, I called their names. I looked for them everywhere. Then I remembered it was the middle of the day and of course they would still be at work. I started running all over the apartment packing up my few things and getting them into anything I could carry down to Lady. By the time Stephen walked in the door 2 hours later my car was packed, and I was finishing cleaning my room. The last thing I could do was leave without saying
Lizzie Charlie had rushed home from work after Stephen had found me in a puddle of tears. They both talked me through what had happened. We sat for hours that night dissecting the entire event and weighing the pros and cons of me staying or going. They convinced me to stay a little longer but not go back to work at the diner. It was better to not make it easy for my mate to find me until I decided what I wanted to do. I wasn’t going to let him decide my fate. Late that night I sent a text to Tom and told him I had to quit, I blamed the whole thing on the guy breaking the door and me not feeling safe. I said I would in next week to grab my final check. Tom was the worst boss so he didn’t even respond until the next morning and just said back “ok”. One benefit of not working at the diner was being able to throughout the horrible uniform, definitely not my style. I needed to find somewhere to work where jeans and converse were acceptable uniforms. Once again Stephen and Charlie were a