LORRAINE“You can't keep running away from him forever. You know that right?” Chloe lifted her head from her book and raised an eyebrow at me knowingly. I wanted to act like I was oblivious and I wanted to pretend like she didn't know what I was talking about but a part of me knew that she was right. We both knew what she was talking about. I couldn't keep avoiding Josh forever. Eventually, I'll have to find a way to develop the backbone to tell him off. I closed my eyes and for a moment, the idea of confiscating myself within the darkness seemed alluring. If I had a way to make it happen, I would have done it a long time ago. I forced myself to open my eyes and face reality. The reality of what was happening to me. As I opened my eyes. Chloe's confused expression came into view and I swallowed nervously. If things continue to keep being awkward between us. She's going to think that I'm a fucking weirdo. “In as much as I want to argue with you. I have a feeling that you might be
LORRAINEThe room was shrouded with silence as I watched them eat. I stood in a corner with my hands folded behind my back. I rushed forward to refill their cup each time it was empty. Josh's hands mistakenly brushed my fingers and as I caught the wicked mischief in his gaze, something told me that it wasn't by mistake. None of them found it necessary to make conversation or break the silence. If I hadn't been tending to them for a long time, it would certainly come off as awkward but it would seem that they were comfortable with the silence. “Mum, Dad” Chloe broke the silence, and all the attention focused on her as she spoke. “I don't think I want to be homeschooled anymore. I applied to Werewolf High and I got accepted” she said as she shot the both of them a look. “Wait what?” Josh sounded almost breathless. If I wasn't imagining things, I would have been convinced that the color drained from her face immediately when she said it. “You're kidding right?” He said again and sh
LORRAINE“You've got to be kidding me. What on earth do you even think you're doing?” Josh shot her a look of irritation. For a moment, I could have sworn that he shifted his glare over to me and I bent my head almost immediately as I pretended to be more intrigued with my fingers than with what was happening. “Don't buy into my conversation, Josh. Can't you handle laying off from the attention for once and not interrupt me ?” She raised an eyebrow at him. For a moment, he seemed at a loss for words. I would admit that it was a sight to enjoy. The image of him being so speechless would be forever imprinted into my memory and I'm not certain that I would be getting rid of it anytime soon.“Don't talk to your brother like that” Luna's brows furrowed and I could see the panic dancing into her eyes as she stared at her Chloe. All of them panicked at the sudden change. All of them except me. I was intrigued as I observed her from the corner. Something about her had changed and I couldn't
LORRAINE“Stay” My hand paused at the doorway as I was about to leave the room. The silence was comfortable and Chloe had laid against the bed saying nothing. The sadness remained in her eyes and she clutched her blanket tightly. I didn't miss the way her knuckles were pale. “Stay. Josh might even be lurking for you in the hallways anyway. Why risk it?” She said as I realized that there was a high possibility that she might be right. He always likes to feel like he has the upper hand and he might be looking for a way to drive the point across. He couldn't achieve that with Chloe. Not the way that he would like. But he could do that with me. I was the vulnerable one. But there was no way she was offering for me to stay in her room, was she?She looked at me expectantly, waiting for an answer. Her eyes were empty of the sternness that they usually held. They were sad and they were empty and a huge part of me wanted to do everything possible to make it go away. Maybe I would stay like
LORRAINEI could hear the soft breathing of Chloe as she slept. I wondered if they knew that I was spending the night here. If they ever found out, there was a high possibility that Chloe's parents were going to throw a fit. I closed my eyes and sighed. I was exhausted, I could feel my exhaustion but somehow it was impossible to drift off into sleep. My eyes scanned around the dimly lighted room. I adjusted my head on the pillow and my eyes fluttered closed for a moment. I closed my eyes and sighed. I was still unused to this luxury. I was still unused to this treatment. I was very conscious about the soft sofa beneath my back. I knew that I should get some rest. It was obvious that I was tired and I was beyond exhausted and somehow the sleep wouldn't come. I considered walking towards the balcony and remaining there for a few minutes. It wouldn't hurt to admire and take in the scenery of the place. As soon as the thought brushed through my mind, I instantly decided against it, almost
LORRAINE I began to rethink my decision to accept Chloe's offer to let her lend me her clothes. The color of the sweater was too bright. It was a bright pink that was a beautiful contrast to the complexion of my skin. This was one of the few times that I didn't feel like complete garbage and yet I was scared about the attention that I was bound to receive. “You keep looking around like you stole something that you shouldn't have” Chloe muttered with a small smile on her face as we walked through the empty corridor. She had insisted that she knew another way out of the manor. I was about to question how she even knew these places. But for someone that sneaks out a lot. I'm certain she knows a lot of escape routes. “Well I'm wearing your clothes, aren't I? Of course, I'm nervous” I whispered. I was afraid of being too loud. We were going to get into a lot of trouble if anyone saw me going through this route. Me specifically, because no one could care less about me so there was a high
LORRAINEI swallowed nervously as I looked around. Chloe's face gave nothing away. Her expression remained impassive. I on the other hand was a nervous wreck and I could do absolutely nothing about it. I tried to stop my hands from shaking but I couldn't seem to get it to stop. Josh stormed towards us from the other end of the hallway. The look on his face was enough proof that he didn't approve of Chloe being seen with me. I swallowed nervously and when I tried to pull my hand away from hers, she tightened her grip, closing her eyes around mine. “What on earth do you think you're doing?” Josh growled as he came face to face with Chloe. I avoided his gaze and found the ground to be interesting to look at.“Oh wow. Hello to you brother. Fancy seeing you there” she drawled. Her voice dripped with icy sarcasm and I found it slightly amusing as the irritation in his eyes intensified. “First you insist on abandoning homeschool and then you come and try to ruin me socially,” he said. Sh
LORRAINE“You bitch” Lisa stormed forward but paused midway when she realized that the teacher just walked in. Chloe shot her a smug look. I would admit, I felt very smug myself. I don't think that I would have ever developed the courage to talk back to Lisa. I was in awe about how Chloe was able to get the hang of it so quickly. Lisa was forced to head back to her seat almost immediately but I knew that there was no way in hell that she was going to let go. There was no way that she would try to get back at us. My stomach recoiled in anticipation of what was to come. I know Lisa didn't take the time to develop a scheme up her sleeves. I stared a bit longer at the seats of the empty chairs of the twins. I found it weird that I had noticed their absence. I tried to convince myself that I didn't care about them enough to notice they were missing from school but I knew that I was simply just lying to myself. Who the hell was I kidding?I turned towards Chloe and I was surprised that sh
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,