Operation Payback

Aurelia writes down our plan for Operation Payback on paper. If that's not a commitment, I don't know what is.

Most of the ideas come from Vesper and Aurelia. I just scrunch up my nose at most of them. Well, maybe all of them.

There are a few phases to our Operation Payback:

The first one is for me to look awesome and get the attention of un-mated boys at our school. Umm...I think that needs a lot of work, but maybe that can be done. Maybe. I don't know.

The second part is for me to flirt with some guys to make him jealous. According to Vesper, all werewolves, especially the Alphas are very possessive of their mates...even with the ones they've rejected. We'll have that theory tested soon. I kinda doubt that he cares. He has the beautiful Pia and all the other girls anyway.

The third phase is for me to get a boyfriend since I don't have a mate anyways.

The third phase would lead to phase four, and this is the toughest one for me...lose my V-card so that he can feel the pain he causes me when he's with someone else. I'm not sure if I'm on board with this one.

"It's not like you're saving yourself for your mate anymore," argues Aurelia when I disagree with the fourth stage. Ouch!

They also agree that I should approach Bane and inform him that I accept his rejection to his face. We're not sure what that would accomplish or what would happen after that since mates rarely reject each other.

"LivBaby, you have to commit to this. Promise me you're going through with this. He made you suffer, he's gonna pay. He should feel at least a fraction of the pain he put you through. You're gonna show him what he's missing. You're going to show him that you don't need him. He needs *you*," commands Vesper spiritedly. "Gosh, if I were you, I'd be so mad. If Kane ever did something like that to me, I'll castrate him. I'll cut off his..."

"Hey, hey, hey...Kane would never do something like that to you, Vesper. You know he's crazy about you," I cut her off. She's getting all worked up over nothing.

"Wow, I've never heard Vesper sounded so violent before," laughs Aurelia, looking impressed. "But yeah, Livana is right. Kane is nothing like that d*ckhead Bane," agrees Aurelia. "Doesn't he know that an alpha needs his true mate to be really strong? This pack is going to the wolves...like literally."

"I'm getting an ulcer just thinking about him and Pia leading the pack," shudders Vesper.

The thought of the two of them together is less painful now. Maybe because I haven't been around him in a while. I don't think I'm good enough to be a luna, but I don't know what I'll do when the two of them become leaders.

"You think they'll kick me and my family out of the pack once they become alpha and luna?"

"They can't do that, can they?" asks Aurelia.

Yes, they can. The three of us sit in thoughtful silence for a few minutes before I suggest that we let our wolves out and go for a run.

It's a great relief to let Nyx out. I feel light and feel almost normal again. I should let my wolf out more often.

Aurelia ends up spending the night at my house. Vesper has a date with Kane later that night and has to leave. Both Vesper and Aurelia are coming for a sleepover again tomorrow night.

After Vesper left, Aurelia wants to watch Deadpool and drools over Ryan Reynolds. I've drooled over him like a thousand times, so I decided to butcher Elizabeth Browning's beautiful sonnet How do I Love Thee, changing the word love to reject and tape it on my wall.