School felt more alive than it usually was. I tried to remain invisible as I headed towards my locker. There were so many groups,all gossiping about something I couldn't pick out. As I fished out my textbooks, which I made sure to always lock in my locker because taking them home would automatically put them in the same sorry state as my notebooks, the bell rang. I hurried to class and made it just in time before the teacher stepped in. Chloe arrived minutes later but the teacher merely continued teaching. “Have you heard the news?” She whispered to me. “What news?” I asked. “You have no idea?” She wiggled her brows. “Idea about what?” I asked impatiently. I knew the teacher would soon call me out and that was the last thing I wanted right now. She stealthily passed her phone to me. Once I got it, I looked up, pretending I was paying attention to get the teacher's attention off me. Once the coast was clear, I stylishly looked at the phone and my eyes widened.
LORRAINE'S POV“Get back here!” Chloe pulled me back just in time. Ahead of us were the twins but there was someone else. Someone who made my lips quiver in fear. I recognized him from the party I rescued Chloe from. What was his name again? Jake? Blake? Drake? Whatever his name was. What is he doing here?The scene didn't look good. It seemed like a fight was about to occur and it sent my stomach spiralling in panic. I didn't want the twins to get hurt. “What is going on?” I whispered to Chloe and she gave me a pointed look. “I'm sorry, I know you have no clue. It just came out.”“Let's get closer so we can hear them,” she said instead. “What? They are going to see us. Let's just hide here in the car,” I protested but when did Chloe ever listen to me?She took my hand, pulling me along as she sneaked around some cars to get closer. I didn't understand why they had to have a face-off in the middle of the parking lot. They were so exposed and that would get them in a whole lot o
LORRAINE'S POVI woke up with a pounding headache. I succeeded in crying myself to sleep. I walked to the window and noticed it was pitch black outside.I took out my phone to check if I received a message from them but there was nothing. Just the last messages we exchanged.I chewed my lip worriedly. Maybe I should text them. Yes, I'll do just that. This time, there was no excuse. I needed to unburden my chest from the guilt of abandoning them when they needed me. “Hi,” I clicked the send button. I pushed the phone away and buried my fingers in my hair, waiting for it to beep. Nothing happened. I waited for almost ten minutes but there was no response. My heart skipped.What if they got shot?I picked up the phone again and hit the dial button. This texting thing was unhealthy for my anxiety. I chewed my fingernail, pacing back and forth as I waited for any of them to answer. It went straight to voicemail. Oh, goddess! My eyes began to water. Just then, I heard a knock. I quick
LORRAINE'S POV“What do you mean you can't go to school with me anymore? We just agreed you would resume riding with me and now, you're saying this?” Chloe was pissed but this time, it wasn't my fault. “Do you really like suffering that much?” she fired. I shrank on the spot where I stood. This conversation wasn't going to be pleasant at all. She was misunderstanding me.If only she knew the heartbreak I was going through right now. “Do I like suffering?” My voice trembled. “My whole life has been an embodiment of suffering, Chloe. Until you opened up to me, I didn't have a reason to smile. Do you think I'm doing this because I want to? It's because I don't have a choice!” I sucked in my breath to keep my temper at bay. The rate at which my voice was rising would get me in trouble.Her eyes held no form of anger. Instead, they softened and it made me feel horrible.“When I said I can't go to school with you, I wasn't talking about riding in your car. I meant I can't go to school e
CHLOE'S POVI couldn't count the number of times I cursed as I drove to school. It is just so annoying how my mother turns a blind eye to Josh's excesses but is quick to pick on everyone else. I parked the car in the driveway. Taking out my phone, I opened my anonymous account. It is time to teach that stupid brother of mine to keep his mouth shut in matters that don't concern him. “Hello Josh,” I typed. “It's been a while. Let's have some fun, shall we?”His response was so immediate that I threw my head back in laughter.“Haven't I warned you to back off?” “Oh yes, I have a list of worthless threats sitting here. Tell me, which of them will you execute first? Your answer will determine the task I will give you,” I typed.“You bastard! I will find you and I will kill you!” “Good, we're taking lives today. I want you to publicly confess your feelings to your football coach. You must get flowers and act like you're in love with him or the world's going to see that little thing betw
CHLOE'S POV The most epic moment was about to happen. I was already present at the school field, waiting for my lovely brother to make a fool out of himself. I opened my anonymous account and posted on the school group.“Everyone should come to the school field now. A student is about to ask the coach out,” I posted. It was very evil of me to ruin my brother's reputation like this but I was pretty sure he had my mother's love to fall back to. He would be fine. Soon enough, students began to occupy the seats but Josh had no idea as he walked across the field, trembling with flowers in his hand. His teammates were calling out to him as he walked past them towards the couch. At this time, people were trooping into the benchers more than ever. But they were too focused on Josh's moment to notice. Once Josh got on his knees, everybody ok the benchers went wild and hurried down the field. I joined the crowd because I wanted to hear better.The panicked look on my brother's face when
LORRAINE'S POVI hate my life. I hate this place. I hate these chores. I hate my room. I hate the fact that I'm wolfless.I hate that I'm an orphan. I hate that I can't fight for myself.I hate everything. Why couldn't I get the things I wanted like everyone else? Why did I always have to struggle with everything? Why did everyone feel it was okay to pick on me?Why did they feel like my happiness didn't matter? That they could push me around and hurt me just because they could. The tears poured furiously down my cheeks as I scrubbed. My mistress has unceremoniously dismissed everyone from duty, saying that I was going to take over the chores for today due to my neglect. I had to cook, clean, wash, plant, and virtually do everything that could be done. Yet my mistress didn't think I was doing enough. She would mess up my work or have me clean the same spot over and over because it wasn't clean enough.To make things worse, she denied me fold, claiming I would only eat when I
LORRAINE'S POV“You don't seem too excited,” she noted.“Why should I be, Chloe? They confuse me so much. One minute, they act like I'm a crucial part of their lives and the next minute, they ignore my existence. Even though they are my mates, I can't help but feel like I'm gambling my heart,” I answered.“Oh, dear. I understand exactly how you feel. Their behavior towards you is not fair in the least. You know, I even tried talking to them about it today but they completely ignored me. However, one thing is certain, they are deeply about you,” she assured me.I don't know how she was able to draw that conclusion for people who didn't even deem it important to return my calls but okay. “What time should I expect them?” I asked her. “They didn't give a specific time but I am sure they will give us a call when they get here,” she told me. I nodded and finished up the food. I felt a little stronger and ready to resume work but that was the last thing Chloe wanted to hear.So I lay bac
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,