CHAPTER 1

“Oh Christ!”

I turned away as my heart thundered in my rib cage.

What have I just witnessed?

“Luce?” I called the name of my best friend who I just walked in on kissing the boy of my dreams.

Caine Creek, the hottest boy in school, my crush and the Alpha's son.

He just had his tongue down the throat of my best friend and his hand under her mini skirt.

"Jasmine" she called my name and I could clearly hear the annoyance in her voice, I had just cut short her smooching with Caine.

“Oh, I didn’t know you would be here” my voice came out weakly and tears threatened to fall from my eyes.

I was hurt.

Why?

Because I told Lucy how much I like Caine the day before. She had pushed me and I confessed my feelings to her, after that she offered to help me get him.

But here she was almost eating his face up.

"I'll see you later, bye baby" I heard her saying to Caine as my back was still turned to them.

Baby?? 

Since when?

I heard some rustling and Lucy was soon at my side, grabbing me by the arm harshly and pulling me away from the music room.

Before the door closed, I turned to take one last look at Caine and my eyes met with his.

Cold, empty, void and staring at me with hate like the rest of the school.

"What's up ugly duckling?" One of my bullies called out to me as Lucy pulled me to the restroom.

"Beat it Spencer!" Lucy yelled at him and he rolled his eyes before walking away.

We got into the restroom and Lucy slammed the door shut, bolted it and turned to face me with an irritated look. "Wrong timing Jaz, wrong fucking timing!" she yelled as she stared at me angrily and i cowered and backed off.

"I'm sorry, didn't know you were going to be there" I defended quickly and she sighed before backing up.

She stared at me as I shivered weakly, from fear of getting my only friend getting angry at me and with hurt of seeing her kiss the boy I liked.

"Right, it's not your fault" she said and exhaled again before turning to face the mirror.

As she arranged her long straight shiny black hair, I could only stare at her in silence while wishing my red rough and loud curls could look like hers.

“Caine said he likes me” Lucy suddenly said breaking the silence.

“Oh” my mouth formed a soft O in shock as my heart doubled again.

“And we kissed, ohhhh it was lovely” she continued, not minding the fact that I was a second away from breaking down.

“But I told you I liked him” I gathered the courage to say to her.

I saw her roll her eyes before she looked away from the mirror to face me.

Arms folded and a lazy shrug before she stared talking.

“I’m sorry Jaz, I should have told you since but I’ve liked Caine for a while now. Last night I decided I had to tell him how I felt about him, and guess what? He likes me back” she said.

But why hadn't she told me that when I said I had a huge crush on him.

“Oh, that’s… that’s cool” I nodded and looked away. 

“I mean, I can understand if you’re jealous” Lucy started saying as she turned to face the mirror.

“I’m not jea….”

“Here, hold my bag”. She shoved her pink Chanel bag in my stomach and stood in front of the mirror to reapply her lip gloss “I mean, he’s the Alpha’s son and next in line to be the Alpha. Everyone wants him” she continued like she did not hear me talking.

I quietly stood by her as she fixed her lips and her make-up, something I tried once and was mocked all over school for it.

“He’s so cool, he’s a bad boy, and besides, he’s so hot, have you seen his tattoos? I heard he got away with it because he’s the Alpha’s son” she said and I sighed lowly.

That was not entirely true.

I knew Caine did some community service everyday after school as punishment, since his father said he was too young to get tattoos and I knew this because I always sat at the old bridge close to the community hall watching him grumpily do his work.

"Mhmm" I replied absent-minded, my mind on how he always looked with those tattoos when he was shirtless and cleaning.

Lucy noticed the change in my demeanor and I heard a loud scoff before she turned to face me.

“Jasmine honey, you didn’t expect Caine to fall for you now did you?” She toyed with her hair as her eyes raked me from top to bottom in pure disgust.

I knew that look because everyone had it when looking at me.

“I… I just… I thought… I guess not. I just liked him, that’s all. Look at me and look at him” I laughed nervously

Lucy clicked her tongue and chuckled throatily.

“That’s right" she nodded still smiling 

"I was about to say that. You still wear braces because your teeth is crooked, your hair is always tangled and it’s this weird shade of red”

“My mum says it beautiful” I countered and her lips curled in irritarion before her eyes did a do over again.

“Well your mum lied, you don’t expect me to sugar coat lies to make you happy, I’m your friend, I’ll tell you the truth” she said and pulled on my blouse.

My mum had given it to me as a birthday gift last year.

“You still wear these cheap drab skirt and look at your chest, it’s bare. You and Caine is like non-existent." she said and waved her hand in the air  

"I think I suit him better” she touched her chest dreamily and laughed.

Lucy was being unnecessarily harsh and I blinked my eyes to keep my tears at bay.

“You know what? Come to my house later tonight, I’ll give you a makeover” she said and my spirits lifted instantly.

“Really?" I always loved our days together.

"Yes, sure. Now help me do these math and physics assignments. Bring them to my house when you're coming and make sure they're completed" she said dropping her pile of books in my hand which was already occupied with her bag.

But I was not worried, I could finish the assignment in time and get to her house for my make over session.

But when I went to her house that night, it was a different story.

Her Aunty Mrs Elena Landers opened the door looking tired as usual.

She was mate less and had no children and after Lucy's parents left, she had to take care of her.

“Lucy is not at home, didn’t she tell you she was going out with that boy?” Mrs Elena told me, the bottle of pills in her hand rattling as she moved.

“Boy? No… not at all. Thank you Mrs Landers" I thanked her and walked away, bringing my phone out to text Lucy, just in case she might have forgotten our plans for tonight.

“Caine took me out on a date” her response came a minute later.

My shoulders dropped as my heart for the second time that day as I walked back home, alone in the cold night.