Chapter 3: last words?

After Noah left everything went back to normal, John offered a cup of coffee and an English muffin, my usual customers, Tom and Patty walked for their daily lunch while they worked on sudoku and the rest of the customers went back to their meals as if nothing happened. 

I found my mood dipping a bit remembering Noah's last comment and inwardly groaned at myself for even being affected by that jerk's comment. He was a horrible, vile being and I had a good mind going after him and kicking him in his balls.

"Emi... darling, Can you make me that scrambled eggs again with those sausages, I'm craving that cinnamon vanilla latte from yesterday. and make another to go." Collen asks bringing me out of my thoughts and Tom and Patty shout over each other to make that two.

"The Girl is only here for two months and she's taking over my kitchen."John laughs making me blush as I head into the kitchen and quickly start on the scrambled eggs adding a dash of milk, salt, pepper, a hint of green chill, and spring onion and whisk them while frying onions in a pan and frying beef sausages. Once pouring the egg into the caramelized onions and stirring it until it's perfectly cooked, I sever it up into four plates and another in a takeaway along with a bit of roasted tomatoes I made earlier.

"John... Collen, Tom, patty, and one for you" and take away." I say handing him plate after plate from the kitchen window and he smiles brightly at me "Thank you Emi, Take a break after you are done with the lattes." 

I make 4 lattes placing them in front of each of them and tell John I was heading out for my break and will be back in fifteen. "You make sure you that you don't go wandering off, there are a few visitors around. Vampires, Pureblood." Collen warns

"Just going to pick up my book. Enjoy." I say and walk out.

I wander around a bit greeting a few hybrid pack members who recognized me from John's and from our flamingo pink uniform and frills that I hated but was John's favorite color. 

I enter the second-hand bookstore and sigh happily greeting Eias the shopkeeper. "is it here?" I ask him hopefully and he chuckles at my eagerness and nods. "

It's at the back, I will be right back. Keep watch," he says walking off before I can reply and smiling after his thin form. 

I sigh happily looking around and seeing Charlotte eye me from the aisle and my happy mood disappears as she comes forwards and I become cautious, I couldn't smell her mood or intention because my nasal passage was clogged with the smell from the kitchen.

"You Emi... Emi Larson." Charlotte says and I stiffen moving backward and she shakes her head holding her hand up. "I mean no harm... I know you were his mate and you both rejected each other... I know who you are because of Turner, Noah's Beta, he talked about you a lot. He said you saved Noah." She says and I still don't say anything

"Thank you for saving him." she says and Eias returns.

"Found. Everything alright here?" Eias asks carefully eyeing Charlotte with narrowed eyes.

I smile to myself knowing the hybrids pack members are very big on protecting their own. If someone was deemed unfriendly like Noah or Charlotte their pack shared the news like a viral video in the mindlink so everyone knew who they were and where they were.

I nod at him with a smile "She was just thanking me. How much do I owe you?" I ask Eias who waves his hand.

"You just keep replacing those cheesecakes that's all the payment I need." He laughs and I smile.

"Come by before closing and you may find one with your name on it." I laugh

He smiles brightly bagging the book and handing it to me. "See you at ten." 

I nod accepting the bag before turning to Charlotte. "and you welcome, I wish you both the best." I say honestly walking out without a backward glance..

The rest of the day runs smoothly I showed John the new recipe which just needed to be whipped together and dished into a large bake pan for setting. I made individual ones for him and Elias. "Emi, After clean up... Go home. Not at three a.m" He warns and I nod shooing him and Elias off. 

Ella and I clean up the last bit of dishes and she tells me goodbye and I stay a little while longer, sweeping and wiping down the counter when the bell rang, I look up the which read one a.m and turn to the customer and tense. 

"Noah, Please leave," I say and he looks around with a scoff tilting his head at me with a smirk. 

"I am not sure why everyone in this damn town,-" He starts and I groan "City. It's not a town."

 

"Whatever. Listen Emi, I am mating and marking charlotte tonight." He starts and I narrow my eyes at him trying to figure out where he was going with this.

"You did the right thing by accepting the rejection. we had a good run-" He continues and I scoff cutting him off. "That's absolute bullshit." making him growl lowly.

"Charlotte is a better fit. She is not like you. She knows when to shut up and knows nobody is above the Alpha." he snaps and I sigh continuing my cleaning.

"You were not worth the Luna title, you are tarnished Emi, your blood is tainted by your mother. It would put my pack, my line, and my reputation at risk. Your blood and are too dirty Emi. You have so much blood on your hands..." He says and I stiffen looking up at him in disbelief.

I saved him, I dragged Genie, my mother, to his pack so his uncle could have his revenge and he has the audacity to say I have blood on my hands! 

"I saved you, Noah... I even got Marcus his revenge yet you say my hands are dirty?" 

"But what type of Luna would you be if you sent your own mother to her death, Emi? he says to me delicately and I frown as he continues "No matter how much I was attracted to you, a murder can't be a Luna and how can someone who killed their own mother know how to be a mother."

I feel my heart drop at his words, he was right how can could I know what a good mother should be when my own mother abused me.

"Charlotte is pure, I am going to mate her, pup her, and build a family. She is perfect Luna material, good breeding, and from good stock. Unlike... well you..." He says shrugging at me paled face "I suggest you stop playing around with these people, they will be just as disgusted by you once they learn who you really are and what they did. Just disappear... It will be for the best... Go back to your... oh right you burnt them alive." He mocks coming over tossing some cash at me with a smirk "For the trip." and he strides out proudly into the night.

I stood frozen staring blankly at the door, replaying the words over and over again in my head. 

He was right. How could be a good mother, a good luna, my blood was so tainted. I was ruined, I had so much of blood on my hands.

I backed away from the counter as tears my tears begin to fall. I tremble taking the cash going over to the donation jar and pushing the cash into it, and shamefully heading into the kitchen.

I round up the trash and cry pitifully. I was like this dirt, this useless rubble, I think to myself. I drag out 3 bags of dirt to the back of the restaurant where the bins were kept. I hated this part of the evening because the stench always messed up my nasal passage muting my special scent abilities.

I head back inside rubbing my nose in annoyance and then washing my hands and mopping the floor and rewashing my hands before starting on the cheesecakes.

My mind wonders back to Noah's words as I bash up biscuits letting my anger out but soon after it's replaced by the crippling sorrow that I wasn't worthy... I was so unworthy of him, his pack, his life, my own life. 

I cry at his last words coming crashing down on me and I cry ugly fat tears... I let my pain pour out of me as I pour the last bit of cheesecake mixture into the cake last pans freezing them for tomorrow.

I felt so lost, so lonely, and more than anything hurt which made me cry louder and sink into the kitchen floor crying into my palms like a soppy teenager, but my pity party was cut mid cry with a throat clearing and deep throat clearing at that. 

I cut off mid cry and pick up my messy tear-streaked face and see a smudged imposing form standing near the kitchen entrance. I rub my eyes and blink rapidly trying to clear my eyes.

 

My eyes widen at the tall, rough, handsome man staring at me with an unimpressed look "Girl, If you done wailing away, I would appreciate a cup of coffee to go..." he says in a powerful husky deep voice that came straight from his chest that made goosebumps rise across my arms with delicious shiver run down my spine.

Oh, boy was I in trouble.....