Kenzie's POV(Three weeks later)It is the day of the fight and for some odd reason I am very calm.I have spent these three weeks getting used to the fact that I would not need to take care of Aiden anymore whilst training for the fight. The stress and annoyance of not having his attention has been taking the focus away from everything else.He has been very distant, constantly hiding away in the library with his nose in a book which is weird but expected since he literally just came out of a coma. I have a feeling that he wants to do things that he would not have done before and I totally get it. ...but I need attention. And this behaviour could also be because of what happened last week..."Hey." I hear from behind me and turn around. "You're back." I say and he walks further into the room. "What are you up to?" He asks sitting down next to me. "I'm getting the last of the pack work done. I can't seem to find the medical records of one pack member and it's stressing me out." I t
*7 years later.*Kenzie's POVAiden pulls my chair out next to his at the head of the table. I sit down and thank him. He takes his seat and instantly grabs my hand. I smile at him and lightly squeeze. "Wanna watch a movie after dinner?" He asks and I nod. "Yeah. I have to help your mom with something first though." I tell him and he furrows his brows. "And what's that?" He asks and I raise a brow with a small smirk. "Nosey much." He raises his hands in surrender and I laugh. "You look beautiful." He compliments me and a blush rises on my cheeks. Years later and he still gives me butterflies. "Thank you, baby. You look so handsome." I say and he has a proud smile on his face. "Thank you, my love." "Can you guys stop flirting so we can eat. We're freaking starving." Dree says as she rubs her pregnant belly. 6 months pregnant and ready to pop, that's what she is. "The food isn't even at the table yet, Dree." I say and she pouts. "Here, have some cheese." Aiden quickly offers as he
Mackenzie's POV"Now how do you expect me to do this Harold? This is fucking torture." I say to the teacher who is making me fucking write 'I am a rebellious little shit' on a piece of paper two-hunderd times over."Mackenzie, this is detention. You wouldn't be here if you weren't such a rebellious little shit." He says reading his news paper."And that is Mr. Deeds to you." He says and I smirk. "I've always liked you man." I say and get up and sitting on the table. "You're a cool dude." I say as I doodle on the paper. Harold over here gave me detention because I drew a middle finger shaped like a penis on his white board in permanent marker. "You know what? You can leave. You're annoying me." He says and turns the page in his newspaper. "My dude! This is why I like you, Harold." I say smiling while grabbing my bag and walking out of the class. I enter the empty hallway and skip down to my locker. I shove my whole bag in there only getting my phone and pack of cherry liquorice o
Mackenzie's POVI lay awake, stoned half to sleep and feeling really good. I'm tripping the fuck out. I got back in about thirty minutes ago and my dumbass didn't think to get some snacks. My body is too weak to go downstairs but my stomach is screaming for food. So now I'm here, in my room, contemplating whether or not I should pull a prank tomorrow. The alpha said I should draw but he didn't say anything about pranks. Right.I turn on my side and grab my phone. I dial BerryPop, the dude I get my weed from and tell him that I will be picking up tomorrow. "I need some for a hundred." I say slowly amd he laughs. "Bet. You stoned right now?" He asks and I laugh. "You're fucking gone dude." He says making me laugh harder."Aight lil sis, I need to go do some stuff but come by at 5." He says and I smile at the thought of seeing his dog again. "Bet." I say and hang up.I sit up and rub my face before getting up and walking out of the room. Walking down the stairs, I try to not fall whil
Mackenzie's POVI wake up to somebody knocking on my door. "Kenzie. Can I come in." I hear Luna Alex say through the door. I sit up and look toward Derek who is laying on his stomach, shirtless. I get up and run a hand through my hair. "Yeah." I say and she comes in. "Mornin'." I mumble and she smiles as she sees Derek. "Good afternoon." She smirks and I blush. "It's not that late. Is it?" I ask grabbing my phone. "It's 2 pm, Kenz." She says raising her brow with a small smile. I laugh sheepishly and shakes her head. "I just came to tell you that Aiden will be home earlier. Tonight. I want everybody to be there to welcome him. Is that okay?" She says and I try my best to seem unfazed by it. "Okay. We'll be there. What time?" I ask and she holds up four fingers. I nod and she looks at the unopened bag of sour worms that Derek brought last night. "You can have them." I tell her and she lights up like a Christmas tree. I hand them to her and she kisses my cheek before leaving.I l
Aiden's POV"Yes mom. I miss you too." I say smiling. I really miss my family, my pack. I have been gone for seven months and my mom is close to giving birth. I hope that when she sees what I've done, she won't go into labour early."But you're coming home on Monday, right?" She asks sounding excited. "No." I say and she whines. "Why not. You said you would, Aiden." She says and I can hear her sniffling. "I'm coming home today mom." I say and gasps. "Really! Oh my goodness. Mason!" She screams and I have to hold my phone away from my ear. I hear dad ask what's wrong and she tells him."He's coming home today." She says and I hear him laugh. "Are you playing with my pregnant wife's feelings, boy?" He asks and I chuckle. "No dad. I finished all my needed training earlier then the rest, so I can go home earlier." I say picking the bag up and setting it by the bedroom door. "Spoken like a true King. I'm proud of you, bud." He says and I feel good about making him proud. "Thanks dad.
Kenzie's POV"I'm telling you, Derek. He's my mate." I whisper yell, running my hands through my hair. "Dude..." Derek says looking stunned. "This is good, right. It's a good thing." He asks looking clueless. "Well it's not a bad thing but how am I his mate bro. He is the fucking future alpha king and if you haven't fucking noticed, I don't fucking like rules." I yell and he stands up putting his hands on my shoulders. "Okay. Just calm down. We can figure this out." He says and pulls me into a hug. "How." I whisper into his neck. "I don't know yet." He says and I laugh. "Fucking dumbass." I say and he chuckles as well. "You just gotta go down there, make small talk and get it over with." Derek tells me and I sigh."What if he doesn't want me?" I asks him wringing my fingers. "What are you even talking about. Of course he'll want you. You're beautiful, funny, a good person. Even if you do prank old dudes like Deeds, you're still a good person. You're hella smart when you want to be
Aiden's POV"That was uncalled for, Dad! She is my mate and you can't speak to her like that. You can't speak to anybody like that." I yell as he sits in his chair with his head in his hands. "I have told her countless times to not go out by herself at night. To not go around school vandalizing the building, not to be a bad example but she doesn't listen." He says and this only makes me madder."What it sounds like to me is that you want her to roll over every time you say something. News flash, Dad. She is a teenagers. She's going to break rules. She's not always going to listen. For goddess sake, she lost her whole family. Did you not think that she was going to rebel at some point?" I ask and he sighs. "I know I was hard on her but I just want her to be safe. I don't want her to get hurt or worse." He say and mom sighs pushing his hair back."And you just couldn't have done that without embarrassing her in front of everybody or making her cry?" I ask and mom steps up. "Both of y