I was standing at my locker exchanging my books when I saw her walking towards me. She didn't look at me and opened her locker. She was about five lockers away from me and the hallways were pretty quiet although we weren't completely alone. It was a week later and I had seen her a few times but I hadn't gotten a chance to talk to her again after she flipped me off.
"So are you going to tell me your name?" I asked her.
"Why?" she asked me as she looked at me.
"I'm asking nicely aren't I?"
"You couldn't be nice if your life depended on it," she said.
"Ouch, do you like hurting my feelings?" I asked her.
"Why are you even talking to me, I have a boyfriend and we're not exactly running in the same social circles," she said.
"Your boyfriend's an idiot," I said to her.
"And why is that?"
"If you were my girlfriend I wouldn't give someone the chance to talk to you like I'm doing now," I said to her.
"Are you flirting with me?" she asked and laughed suddenly.
"Why do you sound so surprised?" I asked her.
"Because you're Lucas Grey and your reputation is well known," she said and slammed her locker shut.
"So at least tell me your name," I said as I put both my arms next to her shoulders, pinning her in.
"You should leave before JD and Carson comes looking for me," she said. Our faces were inches apart and I felt drawn into her eyes. I couldn't look away even if I wanted to.
I saw his fist too late because I was so entranced with the girl in front of me that I wasn't aware that JD and Carson had walked right up to us. JD's fist connected with my jaw as Carson lunged at me and we sprawled to the floor. I had grabbed her instinctively and rolled so that she landed on top of me.
I pushed her off me as Carson's foot connected with my ribs. I grabbed his leg and pulled him down as I twisted my legs around his and straddled him. I felt his ribs crack as I hit him repeatedly on the same spot and JD lunged at me, pushing me off Carson.
We slid on the tiles as I kept hitting him wherever my hands landed. I was so engrossed with the fight that I didn't notice the crowd around us. Rev came from the side and tackled Carson to the floor as he lunged for me again and I smelled blood.
"Lucas!" Jax yelled as he pulled me off JD. Preston was on top of Rev his hand on his shoulder as he spoke softly to him. Rev gave Carson one more punch and then stood up.
"Go back to your side trailer trash," Carson yelled at me.
"Keep your hands off what's mine," JD said with a glare.
"Let's go," Jax said to me.
I saw her standing a few feet away, she was looking at me with concern and then it seemed that she realized what she was doing and hurried over to JD. He grabbed her arm and started pulling her away roughly but Rev stopped me when I stepped forward.
"No," he said to me and I looked at him in confusion.
"Come on," Preston said as he nudged me in another direction.
"What the hell was that all about?" Jax asked me as we walked to the square outside.
"Not sure, we were talking when JD came from the side," I said as I wiped the blood from my nose.
"Why were you talking to JD's girlfriend anyway?" Preston asked me.
We had an unspoken rule of not mixing with them and we kept clear of their crowd, not because we were afraid but because they were beneath us.
"I don't know," I said and shook my head.
"How are your ribs? He got a few good kicks in," Jax said.
"I'll be fine by tomorrow, what's her name anyway?" I asked.
"Rylee Christianson," Rev said.
"Oh yeah I remember now," I said. She looked different than she did a year ago. I vaguely remembered us being at the same parties when Carson and I used to be friends.
"Stay away from her, she hangs with the Lower Aurora crowd," Preston said.
"So she's Dragonkin?" I asked him.
"Yeah, they all are, Carson weeds out the humans," he said.
"How do you know all this?" Jax asked him.
"I might have been seeing one of his girls on the sly," Preston said and I laughed.
"Why?" I asked him. He was a good looking guy he didn't need to sneak around to get a girl.
"Call it a recon mission of sorts," he said and Rev shook his head.
"Asshole," he said and Preston laughed.
"Let's get out of here," Jax said as we walked to the parking lot. The bell would be ringing in less than five minutes anyway and I had a bone to pick with a boy that was getting too comfortable with my sister.
Jax and I waited by my car until we saw Rory Fletcher exit the school building. We followed him through the parking lot and he was oblivious to the danger lurking behind him. People watched us as I pushed Rory up against his car.
"Stay the hell away from Christina," I said to him threateningly.
"I didn't even talk to her," he said his voice breaking.
"If I see you so much as breathe next to her, you'll be eating through a straw for the rest of your life," I said to him.
He only nodded as his mouth open and closed but no words came out. Jax glared at him for good measure as I let go and we walked back to my car. Everybody stared at us as we drove away and I kept my expression neutral until we left the parking lot.
"I think he peed himself a little," Jax said and I laughed.
"Good," I said to him.
Preston and Rev had gone home already and I was glad. I didn't need Rev beating up on this kid and confirming the rumours of us. Chris stood on the top step in front of the door and glared at us as I parked the car. Baz was mumbling something in my head but I ignored him. She looked furious and I knew that somehow she had heard about the parking lot incident.
"Hey Chris, lovely day out," Jax said with a smile.
"Is it true?" she asked me.
"Is what true?" I asked her playing innocent.
"Did you threaten to kill Rory?" she asked me.
"No," I said to her.
"Lucas I swear!" she yelled at me.
"I said he'd be eating through a straw, I never said I was going to kill him," I said and smiled at her.
"Damnit Lucas, he was going to ask me out," she said.
"What?" I asked her angrily.
"Why can't you just be cool?" she asked me.
"You're not going to a party," I said to her.
"Yes I am," she said.
"Fine, then you can go with Jax," I said to her.
"You're an asshole!" she said loudly and stomped into the house.
"Dude you know I wouldn't be caught dead at those types of parties," Jax said to me.
"And she won't be caught dead going with you," I said and smiled, "I win."
"You make it sound like I have leprosy," he said annoyed.
"She's known you her whole life, she loves you like a brother," I said to him. I knew he felt differently but I hadn't quite accepted thinking of my sister as my best friend's girlfriend.
We walked into the living room as Preston sat on the couch and told Chris in detail about the fight between me and Carson and JD. Chris just shook her head as she listened to the whole story and I saw Jax looking at her intently.
"Stop staring Jax," I said loudly and he looked away quickly as Chris blushed when she caught him.
"So you can get into fights with Rylee's boyfriend about her even though they're all Lower District but I can't go to a party with one boy?" Chris asked me.
"He's human Chris, what would be the point?" I asked her.
"Normalcy!" she said as Hannah sat on the headrest of the couch behind Rev and played with his hair.
"We're not normal and think about how heart-broken your bonded half will be when he realizes one day that you dated humans!" I said to her.
"So dragonkin is better? Like Tessa?" she threw in my face.
"You had to go there," I said to her.
"Absolutely," she said fiercely.
"You're better Chris, Tessa was just convenient and a mistake, one I don't want you to make as well," I said to her and she sighed.
"Popcorn anyone?" Preston asked and Jax threw a pillow at his head.
"You're an idiot Preston," Chris said and he grinned at her.
"I just want what's best for you Chris," I said to her as I walked closer to her and pulled her into a hug.
"I know," she sighed and hugged me back.
"Stay out of trouble, we'll be back late tonight," I said to her and Hannah. Jay and Thomas would lurk around the house until we got back home.
"Where are you going?" Chris asked me.
"The Drake most probably," I said and she nodded.
The Drake was a dragonkin club that we owned. We were still underage so we always went in through the back door and drank in the basement where we also had illegal fights happening. The fights brought in big money and upstairs was the exclusive club that was a legitimate business.
We partook in the fights mostly on weekends and met up with some of our kin from our lair. I took special meetings there and that's also where we took people we wanted to teach a lesson or people that tried to screw us over financially.
Tonight was no exception, it was time to show them who the Sire was.
We had a few outstanding payments that we needed to go collect. I hated it when people paid late because it meant that I had to go see them personally and collect my money by any means necessary which normally just involved threats but sometimes we had to get physical.Darwell Montgomery, a notorious drug dealer, owed me fifty thousand dollars. He had made the loan as a start-up for his nightclub and he'd paid back almost all of it except the last fifty grand. The last time my men were there he had produced just excuses and his time was up tonight.I still had some pent up anger and I decided to gee see him myself tonight. One way or another I'd get that fifty grand. I checked the rest of my emails and worked for a few hours, going over paperwork and financials.At eight pm we left the house and took one of the SUV's and drove to Darwell's night club. I had already gotten word that he was upstairs in his VIP section sucking face and drinking. Jax parked the SUV and we climbed out."Ev
"Lucas," she whispered my name as I stared into her eyes. I don't know how it happened exactly but one minute I was looking at her and the next minute I was kissing her.She kissed me back and goosebumps followed as her hands trailed over my shoulders. She pulled me closer and I was half on top of her my hands tangling in her hair. It was like being in a trance when I felt my hands move under the t-shirt and then I pulled it off.She looked at me and before I knew it my hand found her underwear and I pulled it off. I spread her legs with my knees as she tugged on the waistband of my sweats but her hands stilled as I slipped my finger inside her and she closed her eyes.She started rubbing her hand over my erection and I knew that if she kept this up I wouldn't stop, neither of us would and maybe, just maybe, she would regret this in the morning. I pushed myself away from her and she lifted herself on her elbows.I wanted to ask her if she was sure but instead I just kissed her again a
On Monday at school I waited for Rylee but she never showed up and her number on my phone wasn’t working anymore. I was standing at my locker when I saw her emerge from the bathrooms but she saw me and walked the other way.The day dragged on and Rev kept giving me these odd looks. I was quiet and thinking about everything I remembered and everything that had happened between me and Rylee. I saw her walk into the cafeteria but she didn’t look at me although she didn’t look like herself either.We all looked up at the same time as JD jumped up from his seat and Carson pushed him backwards. Rylee was looking at him with fear in her eyes and his face was red with rage as he looked at her and then at Rev.“Shit,” I whispered.“You slept with him!” JD yelled at Rylee and I saw her flinch and stood up.“Did you?” Carson asked her loudly.“No,” she said loudly and looked him in the eye.“Then how do you explain this?” he asked her. He shoved his phone in her face and her eyes widened as she
I joined the guys in the gym and we trained for the next two hours until Hannah pushed the door open and took Rev by his hand. I wondered sometimes if she had a crush on him and how Rev felt with all the attention that Hannah showered him with. For someone that didn’t talk he had forged quite a bond with her.“Hannah, you do know that Rev’s actually our friend,” Jax said.“Just until we get married,” she said and we all stood watching her with open mouths as she led Rev from the room.“Did she just say she was going to marry Rev?” Preston asked.“Poor Rev,” I said and we all laughed.“Are we still heading in to Chicago tonight?” Preston asked me.“Yeah, I need to meet with Jasper O’Connell,” I answered.“Who’s he?” Jax asked.“He’s the Sire of the Chicago lair, we’re negotiating the terms of our alliance tonight,”
Rylee ignored me on Monday and she was never alone. She looked worried and her eyes looked sad and something else I couldn’t place. She ignored my texts too and I was close to losing my temper. We were sitting in the cafeteria having lunch and I couldn’t help but stare at her.“Lucas, I have to talk to you about something,” Jax said as I sat down.“What’s up Jax?” I asked him still looking at Rylee.“I’ve found the one,” he said to me.“The one what?” I asked not really listening to him.“My bonded half… it’s Chris… her smell is intoxicating and I know you’re protective but I’m not going to reject this bond,” he said to me and my head snapped to his.“What?” I asked him thinking I didn’t hear him correctly.“Chris and I have been bonded,” he said to me.“No,” I said to him.“It
“What the hell is wrong with you?” Chris asked me angrily as I neared the steps.“You’re sixteen Chris, he had no right to push this bond on you,” I said to her my anger flaring up again.“He didn’t,” she said to me and I looked at her neck, it was unmarked.“Shit,” I said.“We both realized it this morning when we bumped into each other in the hallway and he was on the verge of rejecting me. I said to him I wouldn’t reject this bond even if I always thought of him as a brother. You know very well that we can’t fight it,” she said to me.“I thought he marked you,” I said to her.“You’re a shithead because the mark will only appear when I’m seventeen,” she said to me.“I know,” I said as she turned around and left the front door open behind her.Jax wasn’t in the living room and I went up to the second floor to his bedroom and knocked on his door. I knew he was in there. I could sense and smell him. He opened the door and looked at me before turning his back on me leaving the door open
I sat in the dining room but I couldn’t eat, I was nervous. It was Monday and Rylee’s birthday, she would know I was her bonded half the moment she saw me. I had no idea when JD’s birthday was because he would’ve known already if he had turned seventeen.“Have a good day at school,” Martha yelled as we headed to the front door.“Thanks!” Preston yelled back and slammed the door shut.I drove to school alone and much slower than normal. I parked in my usual spot and sat staring out in front of me until I heard the bell ring. Great, now I was late for class. I walked to my locker getting my books and headed to our homeroom.“You’re late Mr. Grey,” Ms. Lucy said as I opened the door.My eyes found Rylee and she gasped audibly. My eyes flickered between green and yellow as I took her scent in, it was much stronger now that she was seventeen and she looked at me with disbelief all over her face. JD was watching both of us and I saw the exact moment he realized what had happened.“Sorry,” I
I pushed myself away from the wall as Stella and Chris exited my room. I felt my heart sink at the look on their faces, it was grim. I had sent everyone else away and waited alone.“She’s asleep,” Stella said.“How bad is it?” I asked her.“She was beaten rather harshly, I found a lot of bruises all over, some cuts and…” she said.“And?” I pushed her.“She has bruising between her legs,” she said and looked down, “I’ll come by and check on her again tomorrow.”I just nodded my head as I looked towards my room. I heard Chris talking to Stella as they walked down the hall and I vaguely heard the front door. I stood frozen on that spot for a few more minutes before entering my room.I pulled a chair closer to the bed and sat down. She looked small and frail and I felt that familiar anger rising up in me.“What the hell happened to you Rylee?” I asked in a whisper.Her eyes remained closed and her breathing was even. At some point during the night I fell asleep in the chair as I watched h