Alison’s POV
I got a message that my application to volunteer at the games had been accepted but here was the problem, I had been accepted for both ring girl and first aid. I guess it was my lucky day. I lied about having a background in first aid just to have a better chance at getting on the team because I was afraid that I wasn’t attractive enough to be selected as a ring girl. I took all my ID’s and my next destination was the King’s Carlton stadium which was not too much of a journey from where I lived. “Are you Alison Quinn?” One of the organizers of the boxing event asked. “Yes sir!” I responded. “Good! You can be the ring girl for the first match, go to the dressing room and get some makeup done.” He instructed. “Okay sir.” I replied, followed a group of girls into a dressing room. I was hoping to catch a glimpse of Vandyke but there was no sign of him. So I waited patiently for my turn to get my makeup done. I looked at myself in the mirror and gasped, I always thought I wasn’t pretty so I found it hard to accept that the girl in the mirror was me. She was beautiful. I was not half of her. I was about to slide the clothes I had been given and hurry to the boxing arena with the rest, when another organizer walked into the dressing room. She looked through the crowd and walked up to me. “Are you not Alison? You signed to be on the first Aid team didn’t you?” Wow she was observant, I couldn’t recognize myself and yet she recognized me from just an ID I uploaded. “Yes but…” “Yeah I get it but we need more members on the first aid team. There are too many people on this team already, so do you mind joining the first aid team? At first I wanted to say no but thinking about it, I was here to volunteer so I readily agreed. “Thank you. Now follow me.” We went to the first aid tent and she handed me the first aid apron. I quickly wore it on my clothes and joined the team and watched attentively as she gave us basic tutorials on what to do. As we stood under the tent learning the boxing arena was mounted and everything was being put in place the places littered with a lot of people but I was able to make him out - Vandyke, he arrived with his team following him like a duck and his ducklings. They went into one of the dressing rooms and as I watched I couldn’t help but wonder how he would look in the boxing shorts and gloves. “He’s fine isn’t he?” A girl standing next to me asked. I’m sure she must have caught me staring and I went red with embarrassment. “He’s the finest Mayor, I’ll not be surprised if he wins the next elections too. I mean with that face he can even stand for president.” She went on. “Too bad he’s not going to be boxing, I wanted to see him with that shirt off.” “What? He’s not boxing?” She shook her head, “no he’s not. He will just do a friendly little exchange of punches with the mayor of Hakbok. They’re just opening the show.” “Shit!” I exclaimed in my head. This only meant that he would be part of the spectators so technically being a ring girl would have made me more noticeable especially as I was looking attractive today. Maybe, who knows? Today would have been the day I landed in his bed and got that revenge. How did I end up here? You’re so unlucky Alison! I was reeling in self pity and anger to some extent at how I had switched to the first aid team and missed such a big opportunity when the bells rang. The two mayors climbed into the ring. They were speaking but I wasn’t listening. I was just mad at myself the whole time when suddenly there were gunshots. People screamed and ran in different directions. And a majority lay flat on the floor, I also lay on the floor for a second I looked up the boxing ring and saw Vandyke, he had clutched his shoulder and then crumbled to his knees, there was a pool of blood dripping from his shoulder as his team rushed to his side I ran to his side too without even thinking twice about it. With the first aid kit in my hand I ran up to him and tried to rip off his shirt and help but one of his guards pushed me aside and took the kit away from me. “Hey, hey, why did you do that?” Vandyke scolded the guard even though he was the one injured. “Sorry, okay?” He said to me as a special paramedic arrived and helped him get on the stretcher. “Come with me.” He said energetically as if he hadn’t just been shot and the whole stadium wasn’t in disarray. The show was definitely going to be canceled now, because there was pandemonium and nobody in clear conscience would continue with the event. As the ambulance drove off he clutched my hand and said, “you look familiar.” I stared at him as he lay down and noticed that he was under anesthesia. “You should rest.” I muttered. “Do I know you?” He asked again, ignoring my suggestion. I looked around hoping we would get to the hospital soon so I could avoid his questions. But the ambulance took a different turn. “Where are we going? I screamed out to the driver.” “The Moonlight county.” They responded, “But isn’t it a little too far? This is an emergency!” I screamed. They ignored me and kept driving while I was concerned for Vandyke, I realized that I was supposed to be concerned for myself. I had blindly followed these guys when I had no idea where they were taking me or Vandyke. What if they were behind the shootings and we were now getting kidnapped.Third-person POV“This is the first time I’m seeing Dad act this way with a woman he’s already slept with. He usually loses interest after sex.” Cory lamented to Anne.He knew she was the only one who could destroy whatever was brewing between Alison and his father. “It’s a shame Cory, and to think that she’s half his age! I don’t know what has come over the Alpha.”Cory stared at Anne wondering why she had gone so soft. The Anne he knew was a tyrant, she was the only one from their pack who was able to face the Alpha and get him to listen to advice. If Anne is acting today like all hope was lost what is he going to do?“Will you try talking to him again?” Cory asked.“No… I’m done talking about this issue with him.”Cory’s heart sank, If Anne is done then who will talk to his dad? Of all the devastating things he could hear this was the worst. He drove to her place at top speed because he thought she was his last resort but it appears he was fighting a losing battle.“So… so are you
Third Person POVVandyke made sure Roberta and Alison were placed in VIP wards though he didn’t allow them to be in the same ward.He was by Alison’s side as the doctors attended to her and he was there when they left her to sleep.He sat by her side, watching her face, hoping that she would be fine when she woke up again. Cory was back at the company going around and making sure that every office property was safe and in their right place. He got to where his father and the rest of the rescue team were supposed to be but miraculously his father was nowhere to be found.He approached Alpha Garry and started asking questions.“Have you seen Dad? Is he still in the flood?”“No” Alpha Garry shook his head, “some victims had passed out so he took them to the hospital.”Cory wasn’t surprised that his father would drive through the flood but why didn’t he take all the victims? Is it because they were conscious? Even if they were, they still needed medical attention. “What about these vict
Third Person POVAlison and Roberta had signed the last child out and had officially closed for the day when the showers started. Roberta looked outside the window in horror, “Looks like it started raining and we didn’t notice! She exclaimed.“Should we wait till it subsides?” Alison asked.Roberta checked her phone and shook her head, “It says it’s going to be raining all night, we would have to sleep here and I can’t. I’m on the first day of my period, and it gets messy and painful. I need a shower and to change my tampon…”“I think I have a pad…”“Sorry Al, but I hate pads.” Roberta rolled her eyes, “Don’t worry about me, I’m not going to dissolve in the water, you can stay here for a little while if you want.” She repliedAlison didn’t want to be left alone in an empty nursery, so she started to pack up,“Let’s leave together.” She mumbled,“Are you sure?” Roberta asked.The second door flipped open and Connie came rushing in. Her feet and the hem of her skirt were dripping wet,
Ralph’s POVI tried Alison’s number again, and this time, it didn’t go through. Had she blocked me? That burned my heart in an unusual way. How did she expect me to live without hearing her voice?Cory was right; that girl was just using me. I purred and paced the living room. Maybe I should leave her alone, maybe I should listen to Anne's warnings and just stay out of her life. If only there were an easy way to do that!I’ve slept with many she-wolves, so what makes Alison special? Why can’t I stop thinking about her? At this point I was frustrated. Is it the pheromones? No, that doesn’t even make sense, what is wrong with me?I took a shower, got dressed up with half of my mind plagued with thoughts of Alison. Today I didn’t go to the company, I needed to be in some government meetings.Ridgemont County is the closest to Moonlight County, and my company is located in Ridgemont County. Today’s meeting was about a road construction project they were trying to hold at Ridgemont’s inter
Ralph’s POVWhen you see a trap and you know it’s a trap you won’t walk into it, unless you’re a fool, and I’m no fool, so I started thinking of how to get out of this unharmed.“Cory, I’m a grown man who knows his left from his right. I saw what happened to your mother, I’m never going to repeat that mistake. With that being said, I need you to trust me when I say that whatever is going on between Alison and me is platonic!” My wolf was rather calm despite the tension these two were creating in my home. I looked at Anne and I knew she could see my wolf glaring at her through my eyes.“Cory, can you excuse your aunt and me?” I said.I know he didn’t like that I was excluding him from the talk. It made him feel like I was treating him like a child but I didn’t want him to hear what I was going to say to Anne.Anne smiled and nodded at him as if to assure him that it was okay. Anne was like a mother to him so he always listened to her. He obediently left the room for the two of us. As
Alison’s POVDo you know that feeling when you want something so badly, and then you get it, and you’re not as happy as you thought you’d be? That’s how I felt.I was extremely happy that I had gotten back at Cory, but now I felt awkward about what happened between Vandyke and me. As I lay in bed that night, I looked at the picture of the teddy bear he sent me and liked it. He was online, and he probably saw my reaction, so do I text him? Do I call him? Do you think he feels awkward, too?I guess I will never know because I never sent him a text till I fell asleep.I woke up the next day with memories of the previous day, they lingered in my memory but today I don’t feel too awkward, I feel better than yesterday. It’s just that the memories were haunting me, yet I soldiered on and got ready for work.“Baby girl! How did it go?” Roberta exclaimed when I got in, she didn’t even wait for me to sit down.I rolled my eyes and sighed before hitting her with a wave of excitement, “I did it,