Chapter 10

Wren's POV

The whispers had grown louder by the next morning. Every where I went, I saw group of people hurdled together whispering loudly. 

The whispers stopped when I got closer though, I had become the prime suspect just for being the last person seen arguing with Leslie.

It didn't help that I was already an outsider for something they believed my parents did, Robin stayed by my side through it all.

We were presently at the training grounds watching the men train. My eyes were fixated on a shirtless Caelum. His skin was tanned and golden, he had a full sleeve of tattoos on one arm. He was practically beating the shit out of the other guy, anger radiated off him.

“He is very yummy, isn't he?" A voice said from behind me, I cut off the growl threatening to come out.

“Hello Jessica." I smiled stiffly. Robin wasn't here to rescue me this time.

"Relax tight pants, I'm not here to cause trouble." She walked towards me with an elegance that I was envious of.

 She looked as stunning as she did the first day, she wore a classy black skintight gown that only highlighted her curves. Her shiny blond locks was done in a simple yet elegant bun, she looked so graceful.

“Is there something I can help you with or are you just going to stand there and ogle my mate?” I asked in a bland tone.

"Feisty.” She purred.

“What do you want Jessica?" I wasn't in the mood to play games with my mate's sexy and stunning ex girlfriend.

“Fine, but you're no fun. I guess I came to give a little reassurance.” Her face turned serious as she continued.

" I'm not after your mate, Wren. What Caelum and I had was even less than a fling. The moon goddess gave him to you and I respect her too much to stand in the way of that. So you can sleep easily knowing that nobody is going to target your man.” She smirked.

I had to admit, it felt like a burden was lifted off my chest. Suddenly, smiling at her became easier.

“I have to admit I thought you would be like those delusional blondes I hear about a lot, clinging to someone that's not theirs.” 

She scoffed and flipped her shiny hair, “Please, that's so tacky besides you need someone in your corner. And I know that coming between mate is like coming in between night and the darkness.”

"Not day?” I asked, puzzled.

"Nah, not unique enough.” She winked humorously.

“That makes sense." I laughed, a brown haired lanku guy came over to meet us.

“Hello Lucas." I smiled warmly at him. Lucas was another person that I had befriended in the pack. He was quiet and shy with a sharp sarcastic tongue that I loved.

“Luna, weirdo." He greeted Jessica and I. She stuck her tongue out at him.

“Nerd, I'm out of here Wren before I catch nerditis. I’ll see you around.” Without another word, she turned and left. It almost seemed like she running from him. Something clicked in my head.

“You two hooked up, didn't you?" I asked, amused.

“W-what? No! I-i don't know what you're talking about. What's a hook up?” He spluttered.

"That was a little too much on the whole playing dumb idea.” I grinned at him. He sighed and readjusted his glasses.

"Well, yes, we did hook up but you can't tell anyone about it, we both can't handle the teasing.” He pleaded earnestly.

"Don't worry, my lips are sealed." I mimed zipping my lips and throwing away the key.

"Thank you.” He looked relieved.

“If it counts, you two would make an adorable couple." I teased, hitting his shoulder with mine. He blushed bright red and adjusted his glasses again.

“I didn't know we were growing a tomato on Lucas's head.” Robin teased as she jogged towards us. Her her was purple today and it looked really pretty.

I laughed at the comment she made about Lucas face and he turned even redder. It was very adorable to see, then it occurred to me that I hadn't seen Robin all day 

“Hey, where have you been? It's been ages since I saw you.” I asked playfully, although part of me was genuinely curious.

"Did you miss me? I know you did!" She squealed and tried to hug me, I dodged and gently pushed her to Lucas who patted her head awkwardly, she beamed at him.

Sometimes I thought instead of a wolf, Robin had a golden retriever inside her. She was just all fluff.

“Seriously, where we're you?" I was really curious, a shadow of something dark passed through her eyes so quickly, I thought it was my imagination.

“I was just setting some girls straight." She absent-mindedly picked at her thumb.

"You got into a fight?” I asked, incredulous.

“Well, I wouldn't call it a fight. They just made me so mad with what they were saying about you and your parents–” o cut her off sharply.

“Wait, what did they say about my parents?” She winced and bit her lips, I saw Lucas shoot her a sharp look.

“Uh–"  she started but I cut her off again and held up my hand.

“If you're going to lie or change the topic again, don't bother. I know everyone has been keeping something about my parents from me.” I looked at them in expectation.

There was a moment of silence as both of them tried to avoid my gaze. Lucas was the first to break, he sighed.

“Look Wren, it's not that we don't want to tell you, it's that we can't, literally we can't. Well, we could but that would be going against Alpha Caelum's orders.”

I growled in frustration, I wanted to push but that wouldn't be fair to Lucas and I didn't want to make the people under Caelum's care to disobey him.

Robin continued with a frightening blank look, “If you really want to know, ask Alpha Caelum. Ask him what truly happened 15 years ago.”