MATE

Jacob puffed his cheek in anger but soon turned into a smirk as soon as he thought of something. How dare his sister tease him! 

"Well I could say the same for you" Jacob said with a small smile gracing his face. 

As soon as Alice heard this, she had the urge to beat Jacob to a pulp. D*mned brother! She growled at him and Jacob wasn't left behind cause a small babyish growl left his mouth. This made Alice laugh loudly and Jacob didn't need to be told the cause of her laughter. She was obviously making fun of his immaturity cause he was still a teenager who hasn't transform into his wolf form. The only thing he could resort to was to huff and puff loudly while glaring at her.

Mrs. Theresa smiled at her children and suddenly felt energetic more than before.

"Jacob, hand over the flier you're holding" Mrs Theresa said as she stared at Jacob. Hearing his mother's words, Jacob suddenly remembered his reason for his happy smile. He immediately handed over the flier to his mother while secretly glaring at Alice. Alice rolled her eyes at her brother's immaturity. She couldn't blame him.

"Take, Alice, read this" Mrs. Theresa handed the flier to Alice as soon as it was in her hold. Alice stared at her mother incredibly 'if you weren't going to read this then why bother collecting the flier from him?' Alice mumbled as she received the flier from her mother. Sometimes her mother was too hard to understand.

"What!!!!" As soon as Alice read the flier, she jumped off the bed while screaming and then began dancing. Jacob was frightened, he immediately moved to the back. He have heard of circumstances where people just run mad all of a sudden. Well, it wouldn't be bad to keep himself safe, Jacob thought as he scurried to the corner of the room. Meanwhile Alice was all smiles, she couldn't stop smiling and laughing even if her cheeks hurt. 

Mrs. Theresa stared at her daughter emotionlessly. She wasn't surprised about her actions cause as Alice had done worse than this. She knew Alice would explain the situation to them once her dancing feat was over. 

True enough, Alice danced for some time before turning to look at her mother and brother who both had different expressions. Her brother's expression was that of fear and surprise while her mother was... definitely expressionless.

"Come, come, come" Alice waved her hand at her brother while encouraging him to come closer. Meanwhile Jacob wasn't sure if his sister was in her right senses or she was just trying to deceive him. He rose to his feet and narrowed his eyes at her. Seeing that his mum wasn't bothered by his sister's attitude, he knew it was a green card so he freely walked to them.

"Mum, baby bro, the thing is...." Alice was cut off when Jacob butted in.

"I told you to stop calling me baby brother. I'm not a baby. Hmph!"

"Whatever makes you sleep at night" Alice said nonchalantly which made Jacob confused. He didn't understand the meaning of what she said but he was sure it wasn't something good. He glared at her as harsh as he could but that didn't seem to affect Alice cause she rolled her eyes at him while turning to face their mother.

"Mum, I'm sure you aren't oblivious to the most famous and richest company in the whole of Texas or should I say the world?" Alice asked as she rubbed her chin thoughtfully. Jacob and Mrs. Theresa both had question marks on their faces.

Alice noticed this and decided to go straight to the point.

"The thing is, that company is in need of a secretary for their boss and the person they need just happens to be me who also studied in that line if field" Alice said in one breath. As soon as she said this, Jacob and Mrs. Theresa both nodded their heads In understanding. 

"So, to cut the story short, you're going for the interview" Mrs. Theresa said which sounded more like a question to Alice alone.

"Of course and the interview is..... tomorrow!!" Alice yelled as she stared at her brother wide eyed like he had anything to do with the printing of the flier.

"What??" Jacob asked looking surprised.

"Mum, I have to go and prepare for this interview. Pray I get this job cause if I do, that means our days of suffering are over"  Alice said while handing the flier to her mother. She wore her tattered slippers and immediately walked out of the small room not until after she had ruffled Jacob's hair who glared at her retreating figure but still had a small smile on his face.

Night time came and like days before, Mrs. Theresa made no sale. Jacob assisted his mother in closing for the day. As they left, they were glad they didn't encounter that old nosy neighbor.

After walking for two hours cause they were short of money, they finally arrived home or more like the pack with aching legs. Though, they were werewolves but that didn't stop them from feeling pain when in  their human forms. As they walked into the pack compound, all they got were indifferent looks  from pack members who were still awake which they were already used to. 

Jacob felt a panf of pain and anger in his heart but he chose to endure it cause he could do nothing.

They didn't have to work for long because their house could be seen as soon as one stepped foot into the pack. This land was given to them by their alpha who happens to be Alice's and Jacob's Uncle.

The reason their house was situated at the entrance was because the Alpha wanted them to be the first victim of any attack that would occur in the pack.

Jacob gently pushed the wooden door open. The door could collapse at any time and they had no money to buy a new one so they had to resurt to opening the door gently.

They locked the door as soon as Mrs. Theresa walked in. 

Alice could be seen scribbling on papers, lost in what she was doing. She wasn't aware that she had company until her brother screamed in her hear which made her jump in her sit.

"Ooh! You guys are back. Clean yourself up and go to sleep. We are short of food" Alice said as she rubbed her brother's head. Jacob didn't complain this time cause he didn't want to disturb his mum who looked unhappy. Well, he was also unhappy but what could he do?

Thirty minutes later, everyone squeezed themselves in the small bed they had. Jacob fell asleep and so did Mrs. Theresa. Alice found it hard to sleep and her eyes were wide open till dawn. 

As soon as the clock struck six, Alice rose to her feet and went to take her bath after brushing her teeth.

She dried her body and wore a old looking white shirt with a faded brown knee-length skirt paired with a brown sandal. Alice picked up the only dull looking handbag she had and kept her documents in it. She packed her long wavy waist length hair into a bun and kissed her sleeping mother and brother goodbye. 

Alice walked for an hour and stood before the magnificent building of SJ Corps.

She wiped the sweat on her forehead  with her handkerchief brought out of her handbag before walking into the building after getting different looks from the guards.

Alice caught sight of the receptionist as soon as she walked in. Her wolf suddenly stirred and she had this unsettling feeling.

"What do you need here?" The receptionist asked before Alice could talk. Alice knew that this was one rude receptionist but she made no comment on it.

"I'm here for the interview" Alice said curtly not bothering you exchange greetings with the rude receptionist.

"You? Interview? Anyways, sit with them" the receptionist had a look of disdain while addressing Alice. She pointed to the group or should I say thousands of women who sat by the sidelines.

Just as Alice took her seat, there was a commotion. Alice paid no heed to this as she was more anxious about the interview.

She was brought out of her thoughts when a pair of shiny shoes stood in her line of sight. She looked up at the person but before she could see his face clearly, her wolf growled, "MATE".