(Harper’s POV)
I sat on the floor, not moving. If I moved, then I would have to pack and once I had packed then…
I didn’t want to move to the pack house; I had lived here in this house my whole life. Even when I go to University in September, it will be a local one so that I can drive home every night and sleep in my bed.
“Harper sweetie” I looked at Louise, who had kneeled down beside me and was rubbing my back. “We should get started on some packing” I shook my head.
“I don’t want to,” I said, fresh tears welling up in my eyes and Louise pulled me into a hug.
“I know sweetie, I hate to say it but I don’t think you have any choice right now” she pulled away and smiled “but plus side, we’ll be living together,” and I smiled back and nodded my head. Louise helped me up off the floor, and I tu
(Harper’s POV)Driving up towards the pack house felt a lot more daunting than it did 24 hours ago. It’s hard to think that this time yesterday I was so excited for the ball and finding my mate. And since then so much has happened.The house wasn’t lit up like last night, most of it was dark. This gave it an eerie feeling. As we drove over, Louise explained the basic layout. The ground floor was where the great hall was, as well as a pack common area and a couple of spare offices. The 1st floor was all the main offices and where the majority of the pack businesses were run from, then the 2nd floor had the entertainment centre and gym which was strictly for named and high ranked as well as important visiting guests, who also stayed on the 2nd floor. Third floor was shared by the Beta and Gamma families and top
(Harper’s POV)“What?” I ask in disbelief. Did I just hear Colton tell me I wasn’t allowed to go to university?“I said no!” he growled, “and that’s final.”“Whoa!” Louise exclaimed “She’s your mate, not your property, and she has been working for this for years” She was getting angry, and so was Colton. The pressure of being sat between the two was almost unbearable.“If you are worried about me going away, then I got accepted at Leeds University, it’s only an hour drive from here and I was planning on traveling to and from every day anyway” I smiled at him, hoping to smooth his fury. He just glares at me and tightens his hand on my thigh until his fingers dig in and I wince with the pain. He leans in close to me as I feel tears line my eyes.“I said no!” he said slowly over pronouncing every
(Harper’s POV)It was 2am before I finally passed out from exhaustion. Louise had ended up staying with me all night as I screamed and cried in pain. At one point she had gone storming down to Colton’s room, but it was empty.Eventually Louise had called Beta Stokes, who I remember briefly glaring at me in disgust before storming out again. Mrs Stokes assured me that it was Colton he was angry at, not me. Doctor Roberts arrived after that and injected something into me. The pain was still there, but it was like I didn’t care about it anymore. That was when I was able to pass out into blissful unconsciousness.The next morning, I was woken by a knock at the bedroom door. I stumbled over to answer and found Louise on the other side. She had slipped out an hour or so ago to get ready for school. I pulled her into the room quickly, not wanting to see anyone.“Give m
(Harper’s POV)The ride to school was uncomfortable. I could tell that Louise wanted to say something. Most likely about the way that I was acting with Colton. We made it almost the whole way before Louise finally broke the silence.“I’m sorry!” she burst out. Here we go, I thought.“What the hell Harper?” She glanced at me briefly before returning her eyes to the road.“Please don’t Louise,” I pleaded. I really didn’t want to get into an argument on the patriarchy with Louise, certainly not when I felt as crappy as I did right now.“Harper, how can you forgive him so easily?” she said, “Last night you were in so much pain that you practically had to be sedated, and all because he couldn’t keep it in his pants and cheated on you,”“Well, I mean, technically nobody knows we are even together yet. So does it coun
(Harper’s POV)Katie gasped, and Louise had a disgusted look on her face. I glanced at the ring and felt sick. Colton had not only commanded me so easily, I didn’t even know he had done it. Could I really trust him if he could hold that much power over me and use it so easily?I didn’t have too much longer to think about it as the gratingly high pitched voice of Donna floated into the room, and she and her vapid fangirls walked in. She was ranting about the rumour and was declaring loudly that she would find the girl, although she didn’t use that term, and would make sure she disappeared for good. Donna was your typical bleached blond hair and fake tanned stereotyped mean girl that you saw in all the teen movies. Her father was the business manager for the pack and that afforded them a higher ranking among the pack, but everyone knew that wasn’t enough for the spiteful, self proclaim
(Harper’s POV)The Beta came stomping down the hallway, his authoritative aura surrounding him, making him appear even bigger than he already was“All of you out, unless you want to be involved in the punishment,” he shouted at the students that were watching. They soon dispersed, and as soon as the block disappeared, Louise and Katie ran to me. I was trying to clear the blood that was pouring from a gash in my head out of my eyes, but it wasn’t slowing. Louise pulled her jumper off and placed it over my head. My wolf was weak right now, so she wasn’t able to heal me as quickly as she normally would.The Beta got to me and took the jumper from Louise and looked under and hissed. He then smiled at me “Just a scratch” I grinned, feeling a little woozy“I’m not sure I believe you on that,” I said, and then covered my mouth with my hand.
(Harper’s POV)I woke up in darkness. I was in bed and I was alone. I moved to find my phone to get the time and I hissed as pain radiated out through my body. It wasn’t as bad as earlier, in fact it was quite manageable. I fumbled on the bedside table for my phone when I realised that I didn't remember even bringing my school bag home.I pulled myself out of bed and made my way slowly towards where I remembered the bathroom was. I reckoned that from the dark of the room that it was probably early hours in the morning, although my tummy was making growling noises. Then again, I had eaten since lunch time so no wonder I was hungry. I finally found the bathroom door and opened it, and was blinded by the bright light flooding in. I glanced at the window and saw that it was full daylight outside. Crap! How long did I sl
(Harpers POV)I stared at myself in the mirror, fascinated by my new eyes. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the colour actually radiated several shades of gold in a starburst pattern that seemed to shimmer.“Strawberries.” Colton drew my attention back to the room and the two waiting pack members “Come here please” Colton had settled himself in the chair behind the desk. I walked over and he pulled me onto his knee and wrapped his arms around my waist.“The reason why I have called you here baby is because Mr Tobbins and his daughter both currently stand accused of crimes against the pack,” I glanced up at Donna and the man, who I now knew was Richard Tobbins, and also the pack business manager, “The Alpha decided that the whole family would be held accountable for their actions, and as you were physically hurt by one of the accused that you would be directly involved in deciding th