I nod my head. "I'm okay, it still hurts, but it's not too bad anymore." Archie reaches down to grab my coffee cup that's sitting next to my bookbag on the floor before setting it in front of me. I look at him with so much appreciation for reminding me that I brought my love with me to school today and when I take a sip of it, it's like I'm in heaven. I lean back in my seat, holding the travel mug to my head as I let my eyes drift close to savor the taste."You're so weird," Jenny said, lightly kicking me under the table as I chuckled before setting my head against Archie's shoulder to get comfortable when the teacher walked in as the final bell rang throughout the school.At lunch, I'm even more tired than I was this morning and as we sit at the table with Ria, Robert, and Jenny, I have my leg swung over Archie's leg as I lay my head on his shoulder to get my eyes away from the harsh lights that were starting to give me a massive headache.During the rest of the table's conversation,
He nods his head. "Yeah, but my best friend is in the grade under us, so he didn't have this lunch. I've been sitting alone for the past few months to just read for a bit, but some jocks stole my table.""l mean, you're more than welcome to sit with us, but if you want your table back, I could force Joey to get it back for you"' I tell him and he laughs, shaking his head. "No, I rather not be a loser that sits by himself to read. I mean, being friends with the alphas has to have some perks, right?"I playfully glared at him. "Oh, is that all we're good for, huh?" He places his hand on his chest as he lets out a soft laugh. "Not, I've always admired you and Archie for coming out and I've been meaning to tell you that, but I was always too nervous.""I'm the least intimidating person ever, you don't ever have to worry about being nervous to talk to us. But, thank you, coming out to everyone is probably the most stressful thing Archie and l could've ever done" I tell him, leaning back ag
He turns on the bench to face me, reaching out to place his hand on my neck to pull our lips together as a tear falls down his face. I tighten my grip on his hair, never wanting to let go of him. He pulls apart, setting his forehead against mine as he sniffles slightly as wet trails continue to drip down his cheeks. "I love you so much." I smile, giving him another soft kiss.No, I love you so much.""Why us?" He blurts out after a minute of silence. I shrug my shoulders, continuing to rub my fingers through his hair. "Like thebook said, we were perfectly suited for each other. We don't have to let this be a bad thing, there are some good things about it." He smiles. "Like what?""Well, we have a better mind link when we touch, it'll make both of us feel better," I tell him as I let the tips of my fingers lightly run over his arms to make goosebumps appear on his skin. "we'll have better sex."He lightly chuckles, giving me another kiss. "Well, we already do that." And it also means
To where Robert and Jenny were probably already."The elders and I both think that they'll take a break from the pack because they hurt the alpha and they know that the whole pack will be searching for blood for that, so I don't think we need to worry about them anytime soon. We have another tracker trying to find their hideout and, hopefully, we can finally know where they are and have the upper hand," he says, trying to keep his voice down so no humans can hear."Well, I'm perfectly fine with that," I say with a long sigh. I turn a corner and suddenly see Stephen rushing over to me to throw his arms around my body. "Oh my god, hi"' he whispers as he gives me a tight hug."Hi," I whisper as he pulls away to look at my body, specifically at the boot that's covering my leg. I notice the guilty look on his face when he sees it along with my crutches before he looks back up at me and Archie."I'm so sorry I didn't come visit you. My mom wouldn't even let me leave the house, she was so sc
Putting all of us at risk, Archie says before moving on from that topic. The meeting lasts an hour and once it's over, we all make our way to the quarter house as everyone else moves back towards their own houses in groups. When we walk into the house, Lila lets out a sigh as she falls back onto the couch. "Well, that went well.""Yeah, it did, I'm pretty surprised no one made too big of a deal over the hunting thing" Jenny says, sitting down on the couch next to her boyfriend. Robert wrapped his arm around his girlfriend before letting out a sigh.Well, they were about to until we stopped them. I don't even wanna know how that would've turned out. My phone started vibrating in my pocket and when I saw that it was my mom, I went into Archie's room and put the phone up to my ear. I sat up on the bed, pressing accept before holdingthe phone up to my ear. "Hey, Mom, how are you"She interrupted me instantly as she heard my voice through the phone. "Henry, something happened." I was caug
Walking over to us. "Jenny said that the pants might be a little long, but you can always roll them up if you need to. There are more options if you don't like this, so just let us know."She looked over at me. "Can I shower too?" I nodded at her, standing up and guiding her to the bathroom. I turned on the shower for her before pointing to the cabinet next to the sink. "There are towels in there and I'm pretty sure on the bottom shelf are different choices of conditioner.Use whatever you need and come back outside when you're done, okay?" She nodded, coming over to me to hug me. "Thank you.""Of course, Em. If you ever need to get out of the house, you can always come here. You know that I love having you around, it's always a good time." She smiles at me before letting me go. "I'll keep that in mind.""I think Archie's mom is making dinner in a bit and we'll watch movies or something, whatever you want and just know that we're here if you need to talk too, okay?""I know, that's wh
"Yeah," I tell him as the door opens and Elder Gee, the head of the elders, comes in. He gives me a soft smile as he comes into my view. He looks over at the machines to inspect them and make sure everything is in order."Brody, can you get the chat up on the TV so we can all see it?" He asks the man in the lab coat and he sits down at a desk in front of a computer to type some stuff up.Something is pulled up on a TV hanging on the wall, but the text is so small that I'm not able to see it.I look up at Dr. Kate who is writing on a clipboard. "Have you ever done something like this?"She looks down at me and shakes her head. "Nothing with this much experimentation. We haven't seen a pair of true mates in so long that I never thought I would ever get the chance to do this.I know it must seem super scary, Henry, but this is a good idea because the future generations should learn more about true mates so they can be fully prepared when it happens again.""Yeah, that's what they told us
I noticed that the guy's face changed from smug to shocked, probably expecting us to be unreasonable. He opens his mouth to say something before closing it and looking down at his hands. Robert clears his throat. "Any ideas? Anything that an older person would think of that us kidswouldn't?"The guy runs a hand through his hair before looking up at him. "No, sir." Archie nods his head. "Okay, that's all I wanted. If you come up with anything, you can speak your mind about it, but we would appreciate it much more if you did it without disrespecting us. We can be reasonable if you are too, that's all we ask.""Yes, sir. I understand" the man says before getting up and walking out of the room and out of the house. I leaned down and kissed the top of Archie's head as he started to write something on his stack of papers in front of him, probably just noting the incident that just happened and thewarning they just gave to the whole pack."I feel like that was handled fairly well," Robert