It's Stacey

Alex's pov

I'm fucking livid. It was enough that Stacey was talking shit to Emma about me but to attack her, to call her fat? I don't agree with hurting women but Fuck It took everything I had to hold me and Nate back.

I pull Emma along to my room and straight into the bathroom, she hasn't said a word since it happened but I have a feeling that it's affected her. I grip her hips and hoist her up onto the sink unit before I hock a finger under her chin and lift her head up so I can take a better look at her lip.

"It doesn't need stitches, I'll clean it up and it should be healed in a few hours." She nods her head and a single tear slides down her cheek, I wipe it away with my thumb but soon more are pouring out of her eyes and it's killing me.

She doesn't say a word as she hops off the unit and walks out of my bathroom and straight out the bedroom door. I want to call after her, I want to hug her until she stops crying, I want to take her pain away and I want to bring Jay back and make him suffer all over again but I can't.

I wish I knew how to help her but I'm at a loss and I'm worried that she's losing herself but more than that I'm worried that I'm losing her. I know now's not the time to think about any future with Emma but I can't help it, I've wanted it since the moment I met her and I'm worried more than anything that she won't want it, won't want me. Instead of running after her, I decided to give her some time to herself, I'll take a shower and then go check on her.

20 minutes later I'm showered and feel more relaxed not that Emma has left my mind even for a moment. When I've only got my boxers, socks and jeans on I get distracted by my bedroom door opening, hoping it's Emma I quickly leave my closest but I'm greeted with the unpleasant sight of Stacey laying naked on my bed and I'm instantly pissed.

"Stacey, what are you doing here? why aren't you with the doc?" she has a cocky smirk on her face and it honestly makes me want to throw up, fuck this girl grates on me!

"do you really think someone like Emma can keep me down for long?" I feel my temper rise but I bite my tongue and try to remember the manners I was raised with.

"Stacey, how many times are you going to do this?" this has happened many times since I've been here but more than ever since Jay died, I don't know if she's realised that I like Emma or not but she has definitely upped her game since it all happened.

"as many times as it takes for you to realise it's what you want Beta Alex!" her purring tone makes me want to throw up and throw her out of my room.

"I'm not a Beta anymore and there's nothing for me to realise Stacey, I've told you more than once that we aren't going to happen and I'm not going to change my mind so why don't you concentrate on hoping you get a second chance mate and leave me alone!"

"huh, how did-"

"I've known since I first come here about you rejecting your first mate and the reasons for it and believe me when I say it doesn't make me think any good of you, now get out of my room and don't let this happen again Stacey I fucking mean it!"

My voice has risen along with my anger, my tone leaving no room for argument and thankfully she quickly realises I'm not messing. She gets dressed and leaves without saying a word and I'm instantly relieved until I see she's left her jacket on the bed, I don't know if she's left it behind on purpose for an excise to come back or if it's just an accident but either way I don't want it here.

I quickly run after her but the moment I open my door and call out to her I want the ground to open up and swallow me. Standing only a few feet away I see Emma and for a moment she looks so sad before she masks it up, plasters on a smile that I know is fake and walks away in the opposite direction of my room, FUCK!

Emma's pov

I take a long hot shower, the water is so hot it's burning my skin but I'm too fucking angry to even realise, of all people I let Stacey get to me. I let her stupid fucking comment remind me of Jay and pull me down into the darkness and I completely blanked Alex after he helped me yet again. I didn't even say goodbye to him, I just walked away from him, fuck I'm a bitch.

Well, I've had enough! It's time to be me again, Emma the top warrior of the blue lake pack. No more tears for the prick who didn't give a fuck about me, no more sadness over what he has done or what he called me. I'm stronger than that, stronger than him, he's dead and he can't hurt me anymore.

But by living how I am I'm still letting him win but not anymore it's time to take back control and with that, it's also time to find out how Alex really feels about me, even if he only wants me as a friend I need to know. I need to start living my life again and moving forward and if my instinct is right Alex will be a part of that.

While I still have my courage I quickly throw on a black knee-length wool dress, black tights and black ankle boots. I leave my long blonde hair hanging down my back then add some mascara and lipgloss and then I head straight for Alex's room before I can talk myself out of it.

I'm soon on his floor but the moment I turn around the corner to get to his room I instantly regret ever leaving my room as I literally bump into none other than fucking Stacey. We both step back but I'm not going to let her drag me into another argument so I step to the side intending to let her past but of course this is Stacey and she never wants any peace in life.

She moves to the side so that she's now standing back in front of me causing Zoe to start snarling and growling in my head wanting to tear her throat out.

"get out of the way Stacey!" She gives me her perfected snake grin before stepping forward until we are practically touching and leans in towards my ear making me want to grip her by her throat and break her fucking neck.

"I'm only going to say this once so listen up bitch! you made a big mistake fucking with me you stupid Omega, Just because you don't like the truth you attack me. It's not my fault you can't stand the truth and it's not my fault that it's me Alex wants and not you!"

"you really are fucking bat shit crazy!" I'm laughing so hard I can barely get my words out.

"Yeah, well if that's true then why have I just come from Alex's room where he has made love to me, told me he loves me and has officially made me his chosen mate." the shit that falls out of this girls mouth just keeps getting better and better.

"oh fuck off Stacey, your so desperate that I'm actually starting to feel sorry for you!"

"believe what you want Emma, Alex has just told me he was fighting it because he knows you like him and he doesn't want to hurt your feelings but it's me he wants, it's me he loves. If you don't believe me then go ahead and let yourself into his bedroom where you'll find my jacket on his bed and my panties underneath it." she winks at me with her twisted grin and I want to slap it off her.

"Stacey, you left your jacket here!" before I can say anymore the door to Alex's bedroom opens and he walks out shirtless carrying her jacket and I literally feel my heart split in two. I mask my hurt and hope neither of them has seen it, my throats dry and I know if I try and speak I will break down so I do the only thing I can at that moment I walk away, feeling lost and more than anything feeling heartbroken.

Alex's pov

"What the fuck have you done Stacey?" Emma knows how Stacey acts with me so for her to walk away with that crushing look on her face can only lead me to assume that Stacey has played this game of her's well.

"Nothing baby just told her some home truths that she needed to hear!" 

"What did you tell her Stacey?" my anger is rising quicker than ever before while Nates banging fuck out of my head because I won't let him out.

"The truth baby, only the truth!" before I can say another word she blows me a kiss and walks off swaying her hips like she thinks it's my biggest turn on when in fact it just makes me want to throw up. FUCK!

I try to link Emma but it's not going through. I quickly run back into my room, throw on a tee-shirt and sneakers before grabbing my phone and heading out to find Emma. I've called and linked her so many times that I've lost count. She's already suffering and without knowing exactly what Stacey has said to her I can only imagine the worst. I need to find her and I need to find her now!