We're away from the school when the cops drive past us. Miles takes me home while Micca stays behind to make sure Leelie isn't caught in anything alone. I look down at the mat of the car when we pull up to the house. That was scary, but it honestly felt a little orchestrated. Someone tipped the Alpha. He knew I was going to show up at the school today.
"You're a little troublemaker," he says. I smile at the humor in his tone.
"Says the King's shadow," I roll my eyes as I get out. He laughs watching me make my way inside the house. I open the door to Ghost and Demon playfighting. A table has been knocked over. Panther is lying in Ghost's bed asleep.
"Demon, you little shit," Leelie growls from behind me. I laugh when he lowers his head in shame and runs over to lie next to Panther. She growls at him but makes no other attempt to move. Ghost prances over to me and sits down in front of me expectantly.
"Oh, fuck. Ghost I didn't ge
Ghost and Demon are at my door, scratching and begging for me to let them in. I had fallen asleep in the middle of the day and was woken up by this dumb cat pawing at my nose. I get up and let her out. It's dark out already. For once, the house is almost silent. I know the others are her because I can hear them speaking in hushed tones downstairs."She's not ready to be out there. You know what it was like for us. We killed a lot of innocent people, Jayk. I don't want that for her," Leelie."You think she's going to let us keep her up there for months? You know her just as well as I do. This school thing was a lucky shot. They know what we are. What we're capable of doing. They're going to come for us. She needs to be ready," Jayk."He's right," Micca.&
There are nothing but orange groves for a few minutes, Jayk takes a few turns before we come to a clearing. A massive house sits right in the middle. A barred gate goes all the way around the house. It reminds me of the fortress that is the alpha's pack house. The orange groves surround the gate giving it heavy cover. I see Miles pull out his phone. Seconds later, the gate is opened. We are surrounded as soon as Jayk stops the Jeep. The passenger door is pulled open and Leelie is carried out."What the hell?" I ask when my brother climbs out.He glances at me but says nothing as I follow after him. I jump out of the front seat as he goes around to make sure Danica is okay. She puts her hand on his arm looking at him worriedly. Demon and Panther jump out like they know the place. Ghost doesn't, so she stay
"What's wrong with that?" he rolls his eyes dramatically. "Do you even know what's going on? Did you know that Eastend and Westend's crime waves are higher than here in the south? Did you know that the North is going through food shortages? Half the schools have been shut down and turned into prisons that house Northerners, Eastenders, and Westenders. "They're at an all-time low in population because those who were smart enough left and the stupid ones who stayed are killing one another. Killing Arthur is going to make you responsible for all of that shit," "Why do you know so much about the other regions?" he asks looking over at me. "I have an excuse. I was genetically engineered to be what I am but what's their excuse? Why are they killing one another when the
I rush through the trees trying to stay as quiet as possible. I can hear their footsteps not too far behind. I can't control my breathing enough to stay as quiet as I should. I hear a snap on the other side of the orange tree and take off running. I lost my sense of direction a few hours ago. I don't know how to get back to the house. I feel them close by and it sucks knowing I can't shake them. The fear is taking over and if I let it, I'm going to be in serious trouble."If this were real I would have killed you," Leelie growls. I scream when she jumps out from behind me. "You need to control your breathing. You're freaking out and it's draining all of your senses. Breathe in through your nose and release it through your mouth slowly,""I can't," I say taking in short uneven breaths. Jaykob and Micca run towards
JaykobThe anger flares in me. I have been on the verge of murder all day. If she wasn't my kid I would have killed her already. My stupid sister knows exactly what buttons to push. Leelie stands in front of me blocking me from going over to strangle her."In her defense...""Don't," I growl making her smile. She's always smiling. "I was worried,""Good. It builds character," she says shoving me back. "We have work to do and while I'm all for the extra hands. She's not ready. Lydia sent in the report. The alpha is staking out the house. We need to get in there tonight,""What do you suggest we do, Princess? The only one
I watch them all leave from the rooftop of the house. I decide staying here is the best thing for me. The air is nice and cold and I'm not stuck in a new place where unknown scents linger. I can feel them along the orange trees. The shadows keeping us in. Little hums of dark energy floating around my newly forming senses.My body aches. Not in a painful way. A deep tingling anxiety is starting to settle in my muscles and it's starting to become difficult to ignore. These breathing exercises are bull shit and in no way help anymore.I've felt this before. Back when Dad had died. I couldn't sleep and the lack of sleep made me feel like this. Sick. My muscles spasm with the fresh wind brushes past me. My flesh pimples with nerves when she carefully crawls up behind me. I sigh wishing she'd go away.
It's almost sunrise when the roar of their engines coming toward the house catches my attention. I take the medical supplies I prepared a couple of hours ago and head out to help out. They are all in need of getting stitched up.I know Danica knows they're here, but she doesn't bother to come out and it angers me. Once we were in the clear. I listen to them talk about those who need to be replaced. I put the headphones back on and turn the volume up to just listen to the angry roar of the music.The stale smell of fear and adrenaline lingers in the air even after everyone goes home. I can't stop rubbing my arms or moving around. The music helps keep me distracted but it doesn't completely frown out the hum.Once in a while, I can feel them staring at me. It gets a
Rocket is in a very revealing white one-piece that barely covers her intimates. Gold pumps, massive white and gold wings, her hair is curled to perfection. She's inside a glass birdcage dancing. She has this distant look in her eyes as she sways offbeat to the music playing. She seems to be in her own little bubble. This isn't good. We're going to have to break this in her. There is no way Jay is going to let her stay with us while she's like this."Really?" I turn my displeasure to Leelie. How could she let this happen?"She likes to party but she doesn't like to be touched like those," Leelie ignores my snide."How do we get to her?" Miles asks. He's just as upset as I am to find her this way."They ar