ALEXAKIS.I followed her immediately as my body was strong enough - which was barely. My pack were still grieving their loss and instead of me being with them and soothing them, giving them reassurances, I was currently watching the human girl climb slowly onto a large, yellow bus. She'd stepped out earlier, happy -at least there was a little smile on her face-, but the girl who stood beside her had ignored her all through, her lack of the excitement dwindling the little joy the girl I'd saved seemed to have. She said something to my girl when the bus rolled up, and now my girl seemed sad. When I realized that calling her 'My girl' deeply satisfied me, I was baffled. I wanted to understand the hold this lithe and small human had on me, but try as I might, I couldn't. I was drawn to her deeply and couldn't step away from her magnetic pull on me. Something told me that we were connected deeply and I was eager to explore that possibility, that maybe, she might be my partner. If I was
ALEXAKIS.I wasn't sure if what I was about to do was a smart thing but what I did know was that I was desperate. And wise decisions were never ever made on the brink of desperation. I turned to look at the man I'd met earlier, the man who'd offered me a job earlier and although I could tell that I was about to make a very bad mistake, I couldn't help but stretch out my hand towards him and watched silently as he took my outstretched palm in his, his grip firm. I thought about the way to tell him I wanted the job he offered but I couldn't since it wasn't so long since I became a human, learning how to speak like them was hard.He laughed immediately, which wasn't an expression I'd expected and I waa confused as to why that was. Before I could confront him as to his laughter, his hand came down on my shoulder and he squeezed it, using that limb to draw me close to him. His breath smelled like cigar and that fact was solidified when he drew a tobacco pipe from his pocket and lit it,
CLAIRE.They all watched me like I was some type of creep just because I decided to come back and finish schooling.I wasn't, and I honestly shouldn't be thinking about them. Evie had made sure that my life was a living hell throughout that week and had made sure that no one spoke to me. Word spread around that I was her help and anyone who would've counteracted that rumor would've been in the class that had just graduated. I was currently trying to be invisible among the sea of people that headed out of the doors, as the bells for the end of the day had gone off half an hour earlier. I had waited in the chemistry lab as my classmates rushed out and I thought that the time I'd spent waiting in there would guarantee that the school would be empty in a few minutes' time, but it wasn't. Evie had made herself and her friends into my bullies and they'd been harassing daily after school so that had felt like a way to escape them. Except that I was wrong because the hallways were still cr
ALEXAKIS.She was here. In my home. Or what was my home, seeing as my pack had decided to move on while I was away, something that I didn't want to think too much of because it hurt too much. I stared at her, her mouth wide open like she was silently screaming. Walking closer to her, I placed my hands in front of myself, hoping she took the memo that I wasn't here to hurt her. She shifted in her position, looking sideways like she was scared of me or something. I frowned, my head tilted in contemplation. Didn't she remember who I was?From the way her hands were clenched tightly in front of her chest, I took that as a No. She didn't remember me because why else would she take a defensive stance towards someone who had saved her last week. I relaxed my posture as I came closer to her, making sure that my hands were still held out in front of her. Her eyes moved over my figure, probably trying to gauge who I was. My eyes dropped down to take in my clothes as well and to maybe see wha
CLAIRE.I hefted the straps of my backpack higher on my shoulders, walking quickly into school, my eyes quickly roving the mass of bodies to find Evie, who'd left the house early this morning. It was a blessing for me because I didn't have to endure another of her rude banter on the way to school. Becky had been insufferable since I started school again and I didn't have any time for myself once I stepped into the house. Which was why I'd started spending time in the forest with the wolf man. It occurred to me then that I didn't know what his name was. He'd barely spoken during our time together, always silent and watching me with his intense eyes. I stopped at my locker, still lost in my thoughts as I took out my geometry textbook. I slammed the door shut and came face to face with Scott, letting out a little squeak. Embarrassed at the attention I'd garnered from that sound, I glared hard at him, getting angrier when he smiled wide at me. Scott, who I'd known for the better part o
CLAIRE."Brat!" Evie bumped her shoulders into mine as she stepped down from the bus, immediately joining her stupid friends. I rolled my eyes as I adjusted my sweater, coming down from the bus and heading straight to Scott, who stood a few paces away from Evie and her friends. He'd watched the scene that just unfolded and now, his eyes were slitted, gazing at me like he was trying to figure out if I was hurt and if he needed to speak with Evie. I wasn't that kind of girlfriend, so I shook my head once I was beside him, stretching on my toes to give him a kiss on his cheeks. Clearly offended by my weak show of affection, he pulled me into him before the heels of my feet touched the floor again, giving me a kiss squarely on the lips. He let me go and I stepped back awkwardly, my eyes darting around us as some students stared at us in shock. Scott and I had been dating for a month now but it was always a shock for people to see us hanging out together. With our mouths. I was blushing
CLAIRE.They all circled me, looking like sharks ready for the kill, their animosity with me written clearly on their faces. I looked at Evie and tried to reason to her with my eyes but her face was the worst, burning with an unbridled rage. I was most definitely set up by Evie and her friends. That silly bumping into me with Kool aid had been a ploy to get me into the restroom. Alone. My eyes shifted to the bathroom stalls trying to figure out if anyone might be inside, at least the person might report what was about to happen once she got out. When I didn't hear any shuffle of feet from the stall or any sound at all, I knew that I was truly alone with these girls. I was in trouble and I needed to get out of here fast. Mind made up, I dived to the side and when most of them shifted to follow me, I twisted around and ran to my right, heading for the door. My hand had barely grasped the door handle when someone slammed into my body, causing my wrist to twist against the door, my ches
CLAIRE.I spent the rest of school time in the restroom, sitting over the closed toilet seat. Evie and her cronies had left immediately as I'd gotten a fair amount of toilet water all over my self, leaving me to the nausea that immediately swamped me. I'd cried hard after that and even contemplated taking my own life because I'd never felt so unneeded. Someone knocked on the door of my stall and I flushed the toilet, letting the person know that someone was on here. The person moved along and my head went back to resting on my raised knees. My phone beeped from my pocket but I didn't check it, because I knew that it had to be Scott and I wasn't ready to act like I was alright in front of him just yet, my feelings still so raw. And bruised. I think it's been over two hours since I finally left the restroom. I saw the hockey players who'd just finished practice walk down the hallway to their locker room, leaving the hallway to be deserted. Evie would probably be home already and Becky