Chapter Two
The day past by with no incident so far which was a small blessing. After I closed from the diner I hurried home to get ready for Cara’s party hopefully i’d be gone before Gary comes back home no doubt drunk and filthy as a pig, I’ve got no time to deal with his mess. I let myself into the house and it was dead silent.Great.I breathe a sigh of relief as I went upstairs to my bedroom. That relief was cut short as i stopped dead in my tracks noticing my bedroom door ajar. I don't recall leaving it like that when I left this morning. My heart began to pound in apprehension as different scenarios began playing in my head until I felt light headed. A little voice at the back of my head warned me not to go close, it warned me to stay away, turn back and run but I dismissed it as simply paranoia on my part. Steeling myself, I went forward and pushed the door open all the way. To my surprise Gary was there.I looked from his face to the wads of money he had in his hands to the pink piggy bank smashed on the ground.My money. All of my hard work , my blood and sweat were in his hands right now. “oh good you’re home Kyra, I was going to borrow some of your cash.” Gary said.Borrow? He’s got my entire savings in his hand and that made me angry. Angry at the fact that he had the gall to come into my bedroom and take the money I had been working hard to save as a backup in case he squandered my mom's savings. How did he know where I kept the piggy bank hidden, it was somewhere out of sight, somewhere someone like him wouldn't even think to look but it appears I was wrong I thought as I took in the sorry state of my bedroom which looked like it’d been hit by a hurricane. “hand the money over.” I said. I was too angry to care about respect; not that he deserved any.He snorted. “I put a roof over your head so I have a right to some of this money.”“you must be out of your mind!” I said. “after mom died not a single cent of yours went to mortgage for the house, I worked my butt off for that money so hand it over Gary.” I went to grab the cash but he pulled it away from me.“tsk, if your mom could see you right now, how much disrespect you’ve been showing me...”“don't you dare bring my mom into this, you’ve done nothing but made her miserable since the day she married you.” I bit back.He grabbed my face with his one hand, his fingers digging into my jaw. “your mother was a good woman, I wish you’d died in her stead then I wouldn't be so miserable. But even in death she still did something good for me by not putting your college tuition in a trust fund but a some little savings account. “I froze. Completely stopped moving at the implication of what he just said. “you wouldn't dare.”He laughed mirthlessly shoving me backwards, I landed on the hard floor with my butt.“oh I did dare, there’s nothing left of it.” Angry tears burned my eyes at his confession. That money was my only hope, my salvation and now it's gone all of it. My backup is about to go too but I wasn't going to let that happen. Damn you mom, why did you have to trust someone like him?I picked myself off from the floor and went after him. “how dare you!?” i yelled drawing my fist back and punched him in the face. I continued to hit him in my rage. “that money was mine, my mom left that money for me! You are nothing but a sleazy, filthy scum, a good for nothing drunk!”He caught both of my hands to stop the onslaught, the money long discarded and his palm connected with the side of my face in a sickening loud crack and I reared back hitting my side against the edge of the table. “you little bitch! you dare hit me?” he kicked his foot into my stomach and I double over gasping out in pain. He didn't stop there, he was screaming in my face while his fist and foot came down on me in series of blows. I could barely shield myself and I was screaming in pain, I was crying and begging him to stop.He stopped when his phone began to ring and he fished it out from his pants pocket and placed it against his ear. He listened to whoever was on the other end. After he was done he turned those dark murderous eyes to me and a whimper escaped my split lips. “you’ve always been useless to me and i’ve been looking for ways to get rid of you and now i’ve found a way.” His eyes glinted with mirth and I recoiled, whatever sinister plan he’s thought of couldn't be anything good. “you should be glad to know that i’ve found a better use for you.” He crooned and my stomach churned. He started to walk towards me and i began to shake my head.“no.”I crawled backwards to get away from him, I could barely move from the pain. “please don't.” I pleaded but it fell on deaf ears. I opened my mouth to scream as he fisted his hand and when the hand came down I blacked out from the blow.Chapter Thirty TwoI try not to let Tristan's absence bother me too much but his rejection cut deep and I resent myself for letting me miss him. Did he find me so repulsive that he’d rather be with Rowena instead?I never know what he's thinking, or what it is he's hiding behind those brilliant blue eyes. Without meaning to I let thoughts of him dominate my mind. I wanted this job to keep myself busy so I don't look like a loser pining after a man I would never have but even that I'm failing miserably.Bryan's grandma who owned the diner was a sweet wiry woman in her sixties with a perpetual smile on her face, she didn't have a problem with Bryan hiring me in fact she was so happy to have me that she pulled me in a tight hug until I couldn't breathe. It took Bryan's grumblings for her to let me go but I didn't mind at all.Over the next few days I busied myself with my new job until I could spare no time for thoughts of Tristan which is a progress i suppose. Bryan was very down to ear
Chapter Thirty One"This is a bad idea." Cherry said later when we got to town while I was clutching the CV I'd printed up like my life depends on it- I guess in a way my life kinda depends on it seeing as I need it to get a job."Alpha Tristan is gonna have a fit when he finds out." Josh put in."Who's gonna tell him? Besides, I can't stay locked up in the estate forever I have a life you know, I gotta go to college."" Well yeah, but you don't have to work for that I mean come on it's pretty obvious the Alpha has a thing for you. Am I right Cherry?""yeah but the only part I'm not so sure of is Kyra depending on Alpha Tristan," Cherry mused. " For one, she isn't a werewolf so she's not his responsibility and two, she's not his mate."Wow that really hits close to home, it's one of the things I keep forgetting- whatever I feel for Tristan and whatever his reaction towards me is because let's face it there's no hiding his obvious attraction to me even Cherry and Josh could see it- not
Chapter Thirty" Don't keep yourself up waiting for something that's not gonna happen Kyra." "You're a total jerk you know that?"I huffed in frustration. Why can't I stop thinking about Tristan?I've lost count on how many times he wandered into my thoughts and it's only the start of the day. I couldn't sleep last night because of him and I have such awful bags under my eyes that even josh jumped back in surprise when I walked into the kitchen that afternoon.It was already noon because I deliberately slept in so I wouldn't have any awkward run-ins with Tristan. I was pathetic last night and this morning I was so mortified by how desperate I sounded that I wished I could bury my head in the sand."Man you look awful." Cherry commented. I plopped myself into the empty chair at the table."I know." I grumbled."Stop teasing her you two." Betsy chided then she turned to me and said, "You don't even look that bad Kyra. Here, have something to eat." She pushed a plate of bacon in front o
Chapter Twenty NineEven after extracting the name of the wolf who put them to it Tristan didn't pause on the whip instead it fuelled his anger more. The cracks of the whip and their screams of pain was all that could be heard but Tristan wasn't stopping anytime soon, even their desperate pleadings fell on deaf ears until Isaac interfered."I think they've had enough don't you think?" Isaac said eyeing the almost identical wounds on their backs still fresh and dripping with blood unable to heal, at least it won't for a while because the whip had been laced wolfsbane. It must hurt like a bitch, he thought with a grimace. One of them has already passed out and his body was dangling from the ropes tied all the way to the ceiling.For a fleeting second Tristan looked as if he was going to turn on his Beta who took a step back when he saw those black bottomless eyes, there was no telling what he'd do when he's gripped by Alpha rage but then Tristan shut his eyes and exhaled and his eyes sl
Chapter Twenty EightTristan came back with food as promised but Kyra was already fast asleep. She looked so peaceful and innocent-which hurt his heart- and very much human. The moon goddess must really enjoy playing sick jokes on him, out of all the shewolves…it had to be an insignificant human and her of all people, was it even a coincidence that she ended up at his doorstep?Gary just happened to be a tool- he hadn't forgotten about that bastard by the way- and after that she just kept messing with his head ever since. It's good that he made her see the real him hopefully this time she'd stay away for good, the mating bond don't mean anything to him until he accepts it and Tristan refused to accept it. On its own volition his hand was reaching out towards her and pushing back the tendrils of hair from her face. She stirred a bit but didn't open her eyes, Tristan pulled the blanket over her and left the room.Tristan let the moon ball go on without him and had Isaac oversee the enti
Chapter Twenty Seven I buried my face in his chest as we walked through the throng of werewolves. I didn't strain my ears to hear what they were whispering about me. When we were finally out of ear shot I pulled back and said, "you can put me down now I can walk perfectly fine.""Be quiet."A retort was just at the tip of my tongue but I held back, it was pointless to fight with him anyway and so I gave up. He was warm and comfortable eliciting a sigh of content from me.Tristan put me down on a king sized bed and as I took in the spacious room and dark colours I realised this was his bedroom.Why did Tristan bring me to his bedroom?"Why did you bring me here?" I asked as he took my arm to examine the claw scratches. "It's closer and you were heavy. Now wipe that snort off your face you look ugly."I snatched my arm away glaring at him. "Ha ha very funny."He grabbed my ankle and I winced in pain. "I'm going to kill those bastards." Tristan gritted.That was sweet and all him getti