LORRAINE I couldn't stop thinking about the incident that happened hours ago. I rolled on the bed restlessly. The creak of the bed echoed through the room making me freeze almost immediately. It was an old bed and I was put in a very small confined space that I would have to manage as my room but of course, I was the maid. I wasn't expecting any privileges or luxury so I didn't allow myself to think too much about it. Besides, no matter how small it was, I liked having my space. The only time that I ever felt secure was when I was here, alone. I looked at the door one more time to make sure that the bolt was still stuck in place. I didn't put it past Josh to try and get in. If anything it would seem that he was full of surprises. I knew that he didn't like Chloe having an upper hand and once again, I had escaped from his clutches. I thought about what Jayden and Jordan kept saying. How I had a thing for getting into these situations where people just try to hurt me or take advantag
LORRAINE I awoke with a start. Not a start but with a sudden realization that there was something that I was supposed to do that I hadn't yet done. I still felt groggy, encompassed in my state of deep exhaustion. With half-open eyes, I looked up at the worn-out clock that was fixed on the wall. It was already a quarter to ten. What the hell? I was already late for school? So what was the whole point of waking up early? I scrambled down in panic, falling clumsily to the ground in a bundle of nerves and anxiety. The anxiety was eating me up alive from the inside. What the hell was I even doing? I could hardly breathe. It took me a moment before I could gather myself. I rushed to the wardrobe to look through it. Not that I had clothes to choose from anyway, which made dressing up a whole lot easier. I closed my eyes and sighed. Panicking wasn't going to get anything solved. I was already a mess as it is. I hurried into my faded pair of jeans and pushed my top over my head. It was a str
LORRAINEI didn't expect to be here. I didn't even know what I was doing here and if anyone told me that I was going to be here. I'll say it's a lie. I looked out incredulously through the window of Chloe's car as she drove. I twisted my fingers nervously and I couldn't seem to get a grip on the anxiety that clung to the walls of my stomach. I closed my eyes and sighed because I couldn't seem to get over how quickly this seemed to take a turn. “Lorraine”My head instantly snapped towards the direction of Chloe's voice. “What the fuck do you think you're doing? Buckle your seatbelt? I've been calling your name for the past five minutes” she snapped at me, shooting me a glare that made me shift uncomfortably in my car seat. “I'm sorry” I murmured as I struggled to make use of the seatbelt. I heard no response from her. I think I was beginning to wear her out with my absent-mindedness. No matter how much I tried to get over my shock, I couldn't seem to. A part of me couldn't find it
LORRAINE“Where do you think you're going?” I paused. My shoulders flinched in fright at the sound of Josh's voice. I dreaded bumping into him anywhere. Of all the times for me to bump into him, it had to be now. I winced as he held my hand firmly and turned me around. I closed my eyes and turned around shooting him an irritated look. I was almost tempted to snap at him and ask him what he wanted but I don't think that I had it in me. I wished that he would just leave me alone to figure out how I was going to get myself out of this mess that I put myself into. “I'm heading to the next class. I'm late. Please, maybe later” I said softly. In an attempt to be as calm and polite as possible. I dreaded getting into his bad side regardless of how irritated I was feeling. He was already making my life hell, imagine how far he'd go if he got the impression that I was being rude to him. “Like I don't know that you've missed the first class and you missed the test too” Josh drawled, his ey
LORRAINEJayden and Jordan both looked at me expectantly, waiting for me to respond.“I'm supposed to report to the principal’s office” I closed my eyes and sighed. “Why?” “Because she was late and she missed a test. So please if you'll excuse her Mr Jordan so she could report to him on time” It was as if she realized her mistake a moment later because the rest of the words dried up in her throat as she looked at him with fear. Jayden's empty gaze quickly snapped towards her direction and he raised an eyebrow and glared at her. My breath caught in my throat and I wondered what was going to happen. “What did you just say to me?” Jayden growled as he stalked towards her. Her eyes widened in fear as she raised her trembling hands in surrender. My breath caught in my throat as I watched her regard him with evident fear. I closed my eyes and groaned, placing a hand on his arm and hoping that I didn't regret it. The last thing that I needed was Jayden transferring his fury to me. I was
LORRAINEWhat caught me off guard was my reaction to the way Jayden looked at me. The immediate bout of heat flushed through me the moment he looked at me. I was taken unaware of it. I closed my eyes and sighed. If there was anything that needed to be done. I needed to learn how to compose myself. I didn't want to be deeply entangled with anything that had to do with the twins. Jayden and Jordan both seemed like trouble. I closed my eyes and tried not to moan in pain as the thudding in my head intensified. I had barely been able to get the proper amount of sleep and it was my body's way of telling me that the rest that I needed wasn't enough. I was almost tempted to yell out my frustration. The very idea of it seems appealing. I closed my eyes and placed my head again my folded hands at the edge of the desk. I was beyond tired and I wanted nothing more than to sleep. “I'll be forced to ask you to tell me what I was talking about if you do not raise your head from that desk immediat
LORRAINE“With the way you're walking, you look like you're going to collapse any minute from now” Jayden observed. I paused, my anxiety returning within the space of a second. The class has just ended and I am relieved. I wanted to rush to the bathroom to find some sort of reprieve from this chaotic day. “I'm fine,” I said as I looked away. Somehow I felt uncomfortable looking at him for a long period. The way he looked at me made me anxious. So composure was difficult. I closed my eyes and sighed, I racked my brain for a reply but I couldn't seem to find one. Somehow, my brain always seemed to do this thing where it shuts down, leaving me empty of answers. “You don't look fine. Your hands are trembling” he observed as his gaze traveled down the length of me. I shifted from one foot to another because I was uncomfortable. I closed my eyes and sighed. I was feeling beyond exhausted. I just wanted to have some time to myself. Was it so much to demand from the universe? “You're comin
LORRAINE“I didn't expect you to notice that I was missing” My shoulders flinched visibly as Jordan’s voice sounded in my ear. It was a little closer to be than I would have liked and the sight of him sitting so close to me put me on some sort of edge. I closed my eyes, trying to compose my emotions. Somehow being around them made my tummy twist into a bundle of knots. It made me feel a certain kind of way that I didn't exactly know how to put into words. Maybe it was the way they both looked at me. Like they both wanted to pounce on me. Like I was the prey and they were the predator. I needed to get away from both of them. I didn't think that the proximity was going to affect me this much. Except I couldn't abruptly stand up and hurry to the other side of the room. I wanted more than anything to do it but at the same time. I didn't want to draw unnecessary attention.“I'm surprised she noticed” Jayden finally spoke up. His gaze gradually lifted from the plate as he stared at me. I
JAYDEN'S POV I didn't bother with waiting for them to snap into action, I was beyond confident that my demands would always be met so I turned on my heels and went in the opposite direction of the open doorway of the room. As expected, the footsteps of the two women escorted me down the stairs and all the way to our suite. When Jeremy came to me fuming that Jordan was beginning to act stupid I hadn't known how to react so I had done the only logical thing, go after my twin. "Jayden, I..." Gwen's annoying voice took over the space in my head as she tried to give me an excuse of some sort. "Can you do yourself a favor and keep your mouth shut, Gwen? I would ask you to speak when I have absolutely no choice but to listen to your annoying voice." That shut her up pretty quickly. My face pulled up into a smile as silence stretched between us all the way to the suite. "What the fuck is she doing here, Jayden? I take it that you intend to punish her?" Jeremy still sounded terribl
GAZELLE'S POV I either didn't hear right or I heard completely wrong. Did Jordan just say he would have one of the Girlfriends bring dinner up to my room? My eyes moved up to meet his in obvious shock, and I noticed he wasn't even staring at me. He was too busy glaring at Sarah, who looked just about ready to have the earth swallow her up, to pay any attention other than the verbal acknowledgement that left me in shock. "What the hell, Jordan?! Are you fucking this pig? Is that why you care so much about her? I would've thought you had better taste than that, being Jayden's brother and all." Sarah's voice is high pitched and ringing with enough disbelief. Just as much as I felt up until het words registered in my skull. What? What was it with everyone and making disgusting assumptions today? Jordan's gaze finally landed on mine and his glare turned icier. I could totally see how he would be pissed off over the fact that people are now assuming he's having... eww with me.
JORDAN'S POV I was feeling a lot of different emotions, all of them in the negative. Gazelle's presence beside was doing a lot more than I expected it could to keep me calm and collected. The spoon in my hand lifted oh so slowly up into my mouth, carrying with it ice-cream that should be divine, but just tasted like sawdust. "What are you guys doing in here?" Jeremy's voice carried through the semi-open doorway. We both looked up at the sound of his voice, one of us frozen in her place. I glanced at her in a very brief way but she didn't even look back, her eyes were pinned on him as he strolled into the room. "Nothing that should concern you." My voice held a finality that would get anyone else to back off, but this was Jeremy I was speaking about. His face morphed into a huge smile. "Ah. You could've invited me to join in the fun." His eyes flickered between Gazelle and me, a knowing smile on his face. I almost gagged at the suggestion he was making. "Gross. Get your s
GAZELLE'S POV After what happened the previous night, I didn't think that I would want to attend another ball night. The plan was to remain in my bed and see Jenna later in the evening since she wasn't ready to see me this morning. But my little rest was caught short as I was sent a reminder of my punishment. I got off the bed dutifully and changed into a loose fitting outfit. I got my cleaning equipment and began my dirt. I cleaned up my dorm and thankfully, some cleaners had already cleaned the girlfriend's floor so I didn't have to deal with the obnoxious girls. The boys dorm was already cleaned so all I had to do was clean the surroundings and the boyfriend's suite. I took my time to clean because I didn't want them around when I was cleaning. By the time I was done with half of Wolverine, the ball had already begun and wolves were beginning to arrive. I spent one more hour cleaning before heading to the Boyfriends suite. There was no one at home which was a
GAZELLES’S POV When she was talking about two halls, I should have asked her how she knew they were two. The fact that I was in the hall with a crowd of anticipating people and a big projector was at the front. I could see an excited Jenna run into the hall only for it to be slammed immediately. On meeting the empty hall, I could see the confusion and panic on her face. The crowd already started chuckling but I was worried for her. She ran to the door, trying to get it open but it wasn’t working. My heart was drumming in my chest. What were they going to do to her? “Let me out!” She yelled and I decided I was done watching. I was going to go out there and help her but just as I stood, the next thing on the screen made me freeze. There were bees. Like actual bees. It was like they were released from their hive or something. I couldn’t bring myself to move. This was like the most evil thing I had ever seen. As expected, Jenna panicked and began banging heavily against
JEREMY She looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here, and confusion was drawn on her face like a tattoo. "This is a prank." She stated with a shake of her head. "Please, I promise to stay out of everything that relates with the Terrors or the Girlfriends." I almost laughed out loud at the panic in her voice, but I refrained and kept a straight face instead. "I would've thought you had more balls than that, but I guess I was wrong." There was no way I was going to try to make an ally out of someone who was walking, breathing cowardice. If she didn't want any bit of revenge then so be it. "Wait!" She called out to stop me as I walked away from her. I turned back to face her, my eyebrows arched in silent question. "What do you want?" "I already told you what I want, Gwen. You're either brave enough to be a part of it or you're not." My gaze trailed over her from head to toe. "And something tells me you're on the side of not." "How do I know that you're not mislead
JEREMY'S POV I was flipping pissed, my mood was raw on the voltages of anger I had been tapped high on. I was going to fucking kill Jordan. "You couldn't have fucking taken my side? You were okay with watching your psycho brother kill me?" I swore at Jayden. "Maybe if you stopped riling him up, you wouldn't even need saving in the first place." He threw back at me angrily. "I didn't freaking need saving. I just didn't want to take the killing blow." I defended myself. For whatever bullshit reason I really hadn't wanted to kill Jordan. I was hoping that he would come to his senses eventually and all of that would be over, but I guess I was wrong. That bastard is more animal than he is human. "What the hell even happened? I was out for all of ten minutes and next thing you're at each other's throats?" He pushed his hand through his hair in frustration and then turned to face me a second time. "What did you say to him?" "Of course it was me who started it. No way your pre
JEREMY'S POV I couldn't possibly be imagining this. This place was deserted to a very large extent. Something was most definitely up. Every single person that had walked past us or even peeked through their windows at us since we strolled by casually had been either female or child. It was Jayden that finally responded to my comment. "No, it's not just your mind. This is actually a space dominated by anything other than the male wolves." Jordan made a show of sniffing the air. "There's no single scent of a male wolf within a 50 mile radius of this place." "What do you think could be going on?" I asked. This was seriously crazy. There was no way in hell that all of the men in the pack had just decided to step out on the same day. Especially not after the number of traps we'd had to get past on our way here. "I think there was more than one trap left waiting for us." Jayden didn't sound too pleased by that possibility. Not that I could blame him, I wasn't pleased by it ei
JORDAN'S POV "It's quite easy to make demands like that when you're sitting safe behind an office desk, isn't it?" I spat out before I could stop myself. Something about the woman made me want to vomit. She irritated the fuck out of me and I was always fighting the urge to simply wring her throat with my bare hands. "Excuse you?" Her eyes were oozing fire as she trained them on me. "There's just three of us. And yet we're constantly being pitted against a full army of wolves by ourselves." "You're Alphas." She deadpanned like that could justify everything in the world. "Doesn't make us infallible." I bit back. "Maybe if the board could be a little bit more considerate about the kinds of missions we were sent on, we wouldn't have a revenge on our hands now." My tone was becoming a lot more disrespectful with each word that came out of my mouth and I noticed my brother stiffen beside me. One of his palms dropped on my thighs, calming me down without words. As expected,