CHAPTER 2

Evan and I were looking through the window until mom pushed us away from the window. 

“It looks serious.” I said. 

“It’s none of our business.” Mom said. 

Dad seemed to be outside for ages before he came back inside.

He refused to talk about anything that he and the Beta were talking about which was frustrating. I hated being left in the dark about important stuff like this. 

If they’re minor little crap that we put up with at school then I couldn’t care less. But when it involved my family, I got a little more protective. 

“Come on you two. It’s time for school.” Mom said. 

So we grabbed our bags and we walked out of the house. 

We weren’t saying anything either but when we got to the end of our road a mercedes convertible pulled up next to us and I looked over to see Ryan, the Alpha’s son, driving it. With his perfectly chiseled face, soft eyes and short brown hair.  

“Want a lift?” He asked. 

“Hell yeah.” I said, opening the door. 

I pulled the seat forward so Evan could get in the back and I pushed it back to its right position and I sat in the front. 

I leaned over and kissed Ryan and Evan started pretending to throw up. 

“Suck it up loser.” I snickered. 

Evan then started to mind linking me, so I sat back in my chair and Ryan started driving. 

“Ask him if he knows what’s going on with dad.” Evan said through the mind link. 

“No. I’m not getting him involved with this.” 

“Why not? He probably knows something but doesn’t realize he knows it.” Evan said. 

“Don’t fucking ask me again. I’m not asking him.” I growled. 

Ryan knew that we were mind linking and he could see by the look on my face that I was getting a little upset, so he reached over to hold my hand and he pulled it up to kiss the back of my hand. 

He kept holding it the whole way to school. 

As soon as we got to school we walked into the building and went to our lockers while Evan went to go and find his girlfriend.

It wasn’t long before Ryan and my friends found us. 

It was really hard to get any private time at school with us two because our friends were just always there. 

Don’t get me wrong. I love all of our friends. But sometimes we like to spend some time alone. 

Ryan’s 17 now and he’s already being tasked with Alpha duties as he prepares for the role that he’s going to eventually take over. 

It’s not going to be for a few more years, but it will happen. He’s going to take over the pack and he needs to start learning as much as he can as soon as he can so he can be fully prepared when he steps up. 

So, we don’t get to spend as much time together as we usually do. And that really drove me crazy. But I had my own commitments. 

It sucked, but that was our life. There was nothing we could do about it and we couldn’t help who we were born to. 

Both of our parents were pretty important in the pack. So it was just something that we had to find a way to get around. 

We spent most of the day worried about dad and worried about what was going on in the pack after the Beta’s visit this morning. 

But I tried as hard as I could not to pay much attention to school.

I actually liked school. I got straight A’s because even though it was expected of me to become a warrior, mom and dad also knew that I wanted to go to college before I took up any official role in the pack. 

And that wasn’t encouraged, but if a pack member wanted to do it then no one in the pack stood in their way. They were definitely allowed to venture out to college. Just so long as they had control of their wolf. 

After lunch we went to the locker rooms to get changed and as I was standing in there with one of my friends, I caught a whiff of a very familiar and unwelcome scent. 

I moaned out loud and lightly hit my head on the locker.

“What’s wrong?” Tris asked. 

“Hello Amberly.” Ashley said. 

“Oh.” Tris said, suddenly realizing why I was moaning and hitting my own head. 

“Go away Ashley.” I said. 

“Why? I just want to talk.” She said. So I turned my head to see her standing there with her two little lackey’s by her side. 

“I see you’ve still got your bodyguards. Oh, but that’s right. They can’t fight any better than you can.” I said. 

“They’re not my bodyguards. They’re my friends.” She said. 

“Right. Friends that are only allowed to speak when you tell them to.” I smirked at her. 

“What the hell does Ryan see in you?” She snapped. 

“My sassy wit.” I said, flicking my hair in a very exaggerated way. 

But she just scoffed and walked to the other side of the lockers. 

Tris looked at me, trying not to laugh. 

We walked out to the field and our trainer David was already out there waiting for us. 

We all paired up as usual and today was human hand to hand combat. 

I didn’t team up with any of my friends because I didn’t want to hurt them and they all knew that I could. So I always teamed up with Evan. 

We usually brought out the worst in each other and we were constantly trying to get each other down and we both got each other down a good amount of time. 

We were probably the best partners for each other. 

Plus it was fun knocking Evan on his ass in front of all the girls that seem to have the hots for him. And there were a lot. 

Which is why I don’t know why he is dating that little tramp. He can do so much better than her. 

But that’s not my call. It’s his life. I give him my opinion when he asks for it otherwise I just shut up about it. 

When we finished our training at school I had to grab my stuff, but I kept the same clothes on and I headed to a different field on the other side of the pack. 

There were a group of kids standing around waiting for me. 

They were the new wolves. Kids between the ages of 12 and 14. 

They have only just gotten their wolves, or they will be getting their wolves soon. And the Alpha wanted them to start training as soon as possible. Even if it’s just to protect themselves. That’s all we asked of them. Especially at this age. 

Even if they don’t have their wolves yet, they still had a bit of strength. But these kids didn’t know how to control their wolves. Which is why we were focusing on gaining muscle. 

Cardio and calisthenics and stuff like that. 

It’s pretty much the same way humans train football players to gain muscle and push them to their limit to show them how far they can go. 

I saw behind me and Tris was standing at the building with some of my other friends. 

“I can’t leave now.” I mind linked. 

“I know. We just wanted to know if you’re still sneaking out tonight?” Tris asked. 

“Hell yeah. No one can keep me home tonight. I need a night out.” I said. 

“Great. We’ll see you after your parents go to sleep.” She said. 

“I’ll mind link you when I’m climbing out the window.” I said. And she nodded at me. 

My friends then started walking away and I looked off to the left of me and I saw my dad’s second in command Jose, standing there with his arms crossed staring straight at me. 

That guy really gave me the creeps so I turned back to the kids that I was training and I walked around to help the ones that needed help with their form.