We went to the pingpong table and each picked up a racket.”You serve,” she said and tossed the boll over. I hit it and it flew into a wall. I pouted my lips and narrowed my eyes. ”Just for the record, I've never played before,” I said.”You don't say,” Cassy said and rose her brows as she went to get the ball. We started of slowly so I would get a hang of how it worked. Then we started for real and betted on lunch tomorrow.”I’m so sorry!” I squealed and covered my mouth with my hands when I accidentally smashed the ball in Casandras face. ”Don’t worry about it,” she said and wrinkled her nose. I groaned and placed the racket down. ”No, come on keep playing,” she whined. To my luck, my phone started buzzing. ”Gotta take this,” I said and raised it, showing her the caller id.”Hi!” I said loudly and walked over to the couch, I sat down on the end and started biting my nail as my smile grew bigger.”How is everything, sis?” Edmund asked on the other line. The sound of his voice
We got ready. Cassy let me do her makeup and she borrowed a dress from me. One I told her to keep when I saw that it looked better on her. I couldn't wear it now when it clearly had her name written on it. Me, I put on a black mini dress with spaghetti straps and black heels.We got in the car and Cassy drove of. I started drawing circles with my hand on my stomach.”Are you okay?” She asked and glanced down on my hand.”I’m just a little queasy, maybe this isn't a good idea,” I said and shrunk in the seat.For some reason I had this weird feeling about leaving the pack. Something was up but I couldn't put my finger on what it was. ”Here we are,” she said and parked the car. She looked at me warily and smiled softly."We don't have to, we can go home if you want." I shook my head and opened the door."No, let's do this," I had never been clubbing and i wanted to go at least once before i gained my wolf.The club was lit up with a blue neon sign and an arrow pointing down to the entr
We were driving back to the back in silence. Gabby was sitting next to me with her arms crossed over her chest, slowly troking arm and looking out of the window. Cassy opened the door, thanked for the ride and got out as I stopped outside her house. Gabby opened her door quickly and went out to give her a hug and they said something incoherent and I didn't want to listen in. I just wanted to get home. Every little thing that was keeping me from getting Gabby inside the house was pissing me off further. We drove up and I stopped the car outside the house. It was dark and everyone had gone of to bed. We walked up the stairs and neither one of us said a word. ”Hi, there. How was your night?” My mom came out into the hallway just as we reached the top of the stairs. She was dressed in her nightgown with a morning robe tied around her. Had she been waiting up? She was always asleep by now. ”It was…good,” Gabby said warily and smiled. That smile, the fakest smile I had ever seen but
”More talk like that and you can go out and live in the woods for the rest of your time here. Don't think for a second that I won't make my last task as the Luna of this pack to rip away your title and tear it to shreds. Blood and heritage means nothing if the man is not living up to it.” She said and walked up to us. They had just entered the room. Nobody else was here, luckily because i was dying from embarasment. He nodded his head quickly.”I’m sorry.” He said.The tension was thick but if it were even possible, I now liked Marie more then ever. She was strong, powerful, fierce and elegant all at once. I hand never seen that combination before, not even from my own mother who held the same rank that Marie did. In fact, I hadn't ever seen in it in any Luna that I had met. Aiden walked in and behind him everyone else started pouring in as well. They all grabbed food and took their seats as they began talking.I was looking over their heads and toward the entrance, waiting for Ca
”Hey, is everything alright?” Cassy asked when she met up with us in the hallway. Aiden walked straight past her and behind the stairs. His father stepped out from the dining hall and his eyes locked with mine before he followed his son. ”Everything is fine,” I said and smiled. She didn't believe me and I probably wouldn't have either. I had gotten less and less convincing with my lies and it was something that bothered me. ”Do you want to go for a walk?” She asked and smiled a half smile. ”Yeah, why not,” We walked down the park and toward the town. The movement was getting more and more as everyone started walking to school and work. ”Do you want to share what it is that is bothering you?” She asked and looked ahead. ”What do you mean?” ”The phone call, Aiden, all of it and also the fact that you’re clenching your teeth so hard that I'm surprised they’re not turning to dust,” now that she mentioned it my jaw was hurting from all the clenching. ”The phone call was my mom,
I didn’t get any sleep, none at all. I had laid awake the entire night just staring up at ceiling or onto the wall, thinking about what today would bring. My parents would soon arrive, in just a few hours. It was six in the morning and everyone was waking up. I walked into the bathroom and saw my dull eyes and pale skin. Whenever I didn't sleep, I looked like crap but it would have to do. I applied some makeup and put on my clothes. Downstairs everyone was getting ready for breakfast and they were sitting down. The former Alpha and Luna were sitting in their places and I went to sit with them. Luckily no one else from our table had arrived. ”Sleep well?” Marie asked me. Did I lie and say yes or was I going to be honest? ”Yes,” apparently lie. ”You know, makeup covers around the eyes, not in them,” she said and rose a brow. ”I’m nervous,” I said quietly. ”Nervous?” No, not nervous. ”I’m scared,” She nodded her head and placed her hand over mine. Her face took on a much more
My parents stepped out of the car, accompanied by four warriors, all them whom I recognized. The whole energy shifted and in my head, it looked like they were moving in slow motion. Their smiles were big and bright as they hugged Aiden and his parents. It was odd how everyone could pretend to be this happy when in fact, nobody wanted this. Nobody was genuinely happy but they all looked like they had won the lottery. They didn't even know each other, they just fixed their children up and should just back off. But my brother's words kept playing in my head, how they were coming up with a plan and that gave me hope. It gave me hope that this might actually end and I would be free of everyone. Aiden, my parents and all the people who had been making choices for me since the day I was born. I took a deep breath and repeated Edmund's words in my head. ”Oh, sweetheart!” My mom gushed and came over to hug me. ”How we’ve missed you. Your brothers really wished they could be here but unfor
The tension in the room was rising. Not just from Clark, Aidens father, but also Marie and Aiden himself. They were all watching my parents, straightening their backs and readying themselves.”What did you say?” My dad asked and stood straight. Clark was bigger, broader shoulders and form but my dad was an asshole with a big ego so he wouldn't back down.”I said-” Clark said and stepped around the table, got up closer to my father and stared him dead in the eye. ”-It’s time for you to leave. Gabriella is now a part of our family and our pack. She is this packs Luna and nobody, reagldeless of whether or not they are blood, will treat her with disrespect. Therefor, I'm asking you kindly, to leave.”My mother slowly stood from her seat and took a stance next to my dad. ”I think maybe we’ve taken a bad turn here, why don't we speak with Gabby in private and afterwards we will be on our way home,” Mom said and placed her hand on dads arm. They turned their heads and looked at me. Me an