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2024-10-29 19:42:56When I walked into school on Monday, I was regarded as a hero. It was funny considering I usually kept my head down and no one bothered me, especially with my anxiety. This was different though. The kids clapped, moved out of the way, whistled. It was kind of exhilarating. Emmett was smiling as he walked next to me, nudging me every so often.
In the distance, I saw Steph and Henry at my locker, and I gave a quick wave to Emmett before running over to them.
“Maybe we shouldn’t have worn masks. I’d like some recognition.”
I laughed at Henry. “You wanna get punished, too? The only reason the school isn’t doing anything to me is because my father handles all our punishments. But if you want to join me…”
Henry looked wide-eyed for a moment. “Nope. No thanks.”
“That’s what I thought.” I opened up my locker only to be shoved into it and hit my head on the shelf in it.
I
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My eyes widened and I nodded, trying not to smile. He walked into the front office and I followed and tried my best to look solemn.“Alright. I need to head out. Alpha, said to hurry up.”The lady at the front desk, Mrs. Wilson, nodded. “Yes, of course. We’ve already signed her out. See you tomorrow, dear.”I nodded silently and Justin put his hand on my back, leading me out of the office. He didn’t remove it until we stepped outside into the guest and teacher parking lot. His Raven Black 1969 Mustang was parked and I ran my hand over the hood.“Does she need a tune up? I’d be happy to get my paws on her engine sometime.”He laughed, opening the door for me. “Only you can make working on a car sound sexual.”I flashed him a grin. “Cars are sexy, what can I say? Sit on one long enough and sometimes the purr will make you scream.”“Goddess, Sky, what the
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Justin stared me down before a smile crept on his face and he chuckled. “Very funny. I’m serious! You haven’t been stealing from Alpha, right?”My eyebrow quirked up. “Justin, we sold drugs at the High School. The end of freshman year and then all of sophomore and junior year.”There was a long silence that stretched out. “You’re joking.”“I’m not. We didn’t do it this year ‘cause Emmett barely squeaked by on classes. So I figured I’d help remove distractions and he could focus on passing his senior year with more than a C average.”Justin stood up, pacing part of the pond. His feet crunched against the grass and a few rocks he kicked up plopped into the pond. It made satisfying ripples across the top of surface.“Why didn’t you tell me before?”“You would have stopped us.”He growled. “Damn right I would have!
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Tears continued to roll down my face. “Please. I can’t lose you. I have to know you’re safe when we leave.”“You won’t lose me, okay? We’ll cross that bridge when we get there. For now, we focus on the things we can do. I’ll try to figure out what the hell is happening with Caleb. You continue to be smart and train.”I chuckled, it sounded terrible as it caught in my throat a couple times because of the tears.“What?” Justin leaned back a bit to look at my face.“I’m not allowed to train at school anymore.”His brow furrowed. “Why not?”“I may have almost killed a kid?”“Your aura?”I shook my head. “No, just normally.”His laugh started out small before he threw his head back and filled the air with the sound of it. “That’s my girl. I guess I’ll need to help you with some
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I shivered. He was so angry. Closing the door, I headed to the center of the room. Justin was facing away from me. He had his shirt off and I could probably have taken a sharpie and drawn every single muscle group on his back. It was impressive. He was wearing some basketball shorts, but the thing I noticed as well was that he had put on armored gloves and socks. He spun around and his eyes roamed over me. There was a flicker in his eyes that you could see him battling for control with Dante, his wolf, but ultimately settled back on Justin. “Good, you armored up. Let’s begin then.” Nodding, I stepped up to the mat. As I reached the side, I ran my feet over it gently, feeling the texture and temperature. Breathing in and out slowly, I dropped into a defensive stance and looked at Justin. He still wasn’t looking at me, but through me. I realized it pissed me off. That he wasn’t even bothering to look at me and wasn’t taking this seriously. As though he could ju
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