The baby:
The new parents bring their baby back home, Marcus, Layla and I Make arrangements for the baby shower in seven days.
As Clara and enters the house with the baby in her arms, I rush to embrace my brother and congratulate him on becoming a father, I also congratulate Clara.
“Mason! You’re a father now! I’m so happy!”
He chuckles.
“Stop yelling so much, you’re an aunt now, you’ve got to be a bit more quiet”
“Oh, I’m sorry about that, congratulations, brother.”
I whisper and giggle.
The house is filled with friends of the new parents and Mason has a lot to attend to so I help Clara upstairs to her room
“She’s soo cute, can I hold her?”
“Sure, of course.”
“Carefully she hands the baby to me as we walk upstairs.”
“It’s a he”
“What?”
“You have a nephew, not a niece.”
I marvel at her words as I stare at her with eyes wide open.
“You mean…”
“Yes, in a few years our pack will have an alpha candidate to take over the Reid pack.”
“I can’t believe this, he’s not beta blood?”
“He’s not, we confirmed it from father.”
“Then this boy; my nephew is a blessing to the pack.”
“I guess he is.”
During Clara’s time in the hospital, I gave a lot of thought to fixing the relationship between me and her, I no longer wanted to always be on loggerheads with her.
“Clara”
“Yeah?”
“There’s something we have to talk about.”
“I’m listening”
She opens the door to her room and sits on her bed, I hand the baby to her and seat on a chair close to the bed.
“I just think we should fix things between us?”
“What do you mean?”
“You know what I’m talking about”
“No I don’t”
“Okay, I’ll just say it in a straight forward manner.”
“Go ahead.”
“I know that we haven’t always been the best of friends or anything like that but let’s fix it; for the sake of this baby, let’s put all our differences aside.”
“If I may know, why did you hate me so much in the first place?”
“I don’t hate you, I’ve never hated you.”
“What was the problem then?”
“I just got upset because my brother already had someone In mind before you came along”
“Well, I didn’t bring myself into his life, did I? Last I checked, I am not the moon goddess.”
“I’m sorry, I apologize. It was just me being childish.”
“I’ve always wanted your approval, you know.”
“ thought you didn’t like me”
“I’ve never disliked you, Ruby. It’s always been quite the opposite.”
“What do you mean?”
“When you were away, there wasn’t a day Mason didn’t talk about you. There’s not a day he didn’t tell me about his beloved sister.”
“I looked forward to seeing you; I thought that if I gained your approval, then I’d gain all your brother’s acceptance too but I guess things didn’t work out the way I envisioned.”
“I see, I sincerely apologize. I want us to be like sisters. We’re women of the Reid household and we’re supposed to stick together.”
“There’s no reason for you to apologize; you had your brother’s best interests at heart, I understand that.”
She carefully drops the baby on the bed and embraces me.
“We’re sisters”
“We’re sisters, things are gonna be different from now.”
“I truly hope for it.”
We let go of each other and smile.
“Is the baby asleep?”
“Yeah, he fell asleep a while ago. In your arms.”
“I didn’t even notice.”
Someone laughs and immediately we turn to the door. It’s Mason, he stands by the door and takes a dramatic pose.
“How long have you been standing there?”
“Long enough to watch this sister bonding blossom”
“You creep!”
“Ruby, you’ll wake the baby.”
“Oh, my bad….you creep.”
I whisper as I throw a pillow in his face.
“I’m going downstairs, Daddy. I push him aside as I storm out of the room in embarrassment.”
I had gotten a new phone and sim the previous day; I tap my phone in anticipation of an email from a hospital I submitted my resume at.
As I descend from the stair case in Marcus and Layla’s direction, my phone rings.
“Unknown number? I wonder who could be calling.”
Although reluctant at first; I pick up the phone call.
“Ruby Reid speaking, who am I on to?”
“You never honoured my invite, Ruby. I waited for you.”
That despicable voice rang in my ears and made my skin crawl.
“What do you want?!”
“ know what I want, I told you the last time we had that lovely conversation.”
“Why can’t you leave me alone?”
“It doesn’t matter whether I rejected you or not, you belong to me.”
I scoff to his words.
“Oh? Was that the reaction you were hoping on? Sorry if I disappointed, I just can’t waste tears on you anymore.”
“Someone’s getting rather confident, what’s the secret?”
“Secret? I have no secrets. I just decided to move past you.”
“That’s …an improvement; still, I’d like you to meet me tomorrow at the spot we usually played.”
“You’re so full of yourself, who do you think you are?!”
“Your owner….”
In disgust, I end the call before he has the time to say anything else.
“Are you okay? Heard you yelling to someone.”
My dad inquired.
“There’s nothing to worry about, it’s a colleague from work who was asking me for….tips”
“Tips on what?”
“She wants to break up with her boyfriend, but she doesn’t know how to tell him.”
“You’re rather harsh”
He walks upstairs unsuspecting.
The doorbell rings a couple of times; everyone appears to be busy so I head to the door.
When I turn the knob, the face I see makes my heart jump with excitement, although I try to conceal it.
I stare at the person; completely speechless and embarrassed for a while before the silence breaks.
“Hey, Ruby.”
LoganHe’s ripping into me like a ravenous hyena, all teeth and jaw as he tears flesh from bone. He doesn’t like his position threatened. But he should have thought about that before coming to my doorstep. Now all I want is blood.Tarus and I circle each other. Eyes never leaving each other, always at attention. Muscles contracting, vibrating fur with the need to lunge. He snarls at me and I smirk. He lunges at me.A full-on assault. His wolf has no problem showing why he’s the Alpha. Instead of taking the offensive, Tarus is reduced to taking defensive tactics in a need for self-preservation. He has become weak He tries to eat away at my flesh slowly, making it hurt. The trail of blood saturates the ground, unable to be absorbed by the frozen earth. Paws drip, painting the mosaic of red abstract art on the canvas of life. My wolf doesn’t relent. He shows that the wrong decision was made. Sometimes you just have to learn the hard way in order for things to sink in. He had no chance
Logan The inability to move, fingers gripping into the earth as if I could hold on to it. Trying so hard to just hang on the fact that Logan would never leave me, he will come back.My tears stopped hours ago, yet somehow I just can’t seem to pick myself off the ground. I can’t get up. This is what love does. When it’s broken, it tears you apart.It ruins you in the end. “Ruby, it’s time to get up.” Layla is behind me, urging me to pick myself up. I wish somehow I could. I have done this to myself. I have no one to blame but me. I should have been stronger. I should have stopped it, fought harder against it. I was weak. “Take a step for me, Ruby, one foot in front of the other.” Layla sounds like her voice is cracking inside her throat. The only male that has ever loved me is gone and I ruined it. I threw it all away because I wasn’t strong or quick to stop Ethan.All I have left are memories now. That’s all I will ever have of him…memories. Logan saw me with Ethan, his dick
Ruby“I need to go home and pack, Ruby. I don’t have very much left here. You should start packing. tonight you and I could go visit you’re your friends in the pack to say goodbye.” I laugh slightly. “All right, Logan, we can go together.” “I won’t be long, okay? Just a few hours. Then we can just leave.” I give him a quick kiss, and he leaves to get his stuff. Taking my suitcases from out of the closet, I start packing everything I own, which really isn’t very much. While eating my meal, the wine is hard to swallow for some reason. I then jump on my bed a little before putting on the TV. I watch a couple of shows before my eyes start to feel droopy. I look at the clock and find it’s only been an hour. I decide to nap since I’m done packing, then wait for Logan.Sighing, I get up and walk towards the TV. I turn it off, and I’m about to walk to my bed when a knock on the door sounds. I frown, wondering who on earth it could be. Maybe it’s Logan, but the way the wolf approached w
“you know what your problem is, Ethan? I don’t think you know if you keep on going against me and doing stupid shits that ruins my reputation and the pack’s reputation. Why are you such a stupid shit. Good for nothing”I hate it when my father calls me that. He only does it when he’s very angry and that seems to be a lot now. He always angry at me these days. No one calls me stupid shit or useless. But those are his new names for me, it has been so for a while now.I just can’t get why he would do this, I get that he adopted my sister and I when we were just pups. I mean he doesn’t say shit like that to my sister. I guess I’m just the exception.And he always sneers it. Because my given name wasn’t his idea. It was my nanny who was more of a mother to me but sadly we lost her too early. She insisted on the name an it stuck.“Well? Do you?” There’s a bulging vein sticking out the side of his neck. “This a real question? You really want me to tell you what my problem is now father. Bec
RubyI make it to my Layla’s house. “I figured you’d show up.” Layla smiles as she uses the spatula to lift the cookies off the tray and put them on the cooling rack. I go for one, and she warns me like a mother hen, “Careful.” “I love when you make cookies. It makes the house smell wonderful and gives it a homey feeling.” That’s not here much anymore, and I’m not sure if it’s ever going to come back. “ I’m actually starting to hate this place more and more every day. I don’t know if it’s out of resentment because I’ve been kept here alone, and that’s because my mate is always busy with Logan now. No offence Ruby, to your mate, he pretty good to. but you need to tell him to cut my mate some slack. We have a young pup.” Layla says. “I’ve been dealing with the handful of a pup, so I had to do something. You know how baking just calms me.” She points at one of the cookies, letting me know it’s okay to pick up. I take a bite and think that six months ago I would have said nothing tast
RubyI ran to where Logan and Tarus were still fighting. Tarus spots me and tries to go after me but Logan stops him with a punch that sends me back a few paces.“ Come here mate” Tarus says. His words repulsing me.For Pete’s sake, Tarus. How many times do I have to say I’m not yours, I e never claimed to be yours?” I’d thought once Logan confronted him that would be end of it. Nope. He keeps on coming to destroy my happiness. I never imagined he will be this obsessed with me.“As if I would have listened. You and I are meant to be.”“No we’re not. Im not yours, never was. I’m with my mate now.”“shut up” He practically hissed the word.I froze. “How do you know about Layla?”“Because I’ve been watching. It took me forever to find you, and then I had to be careful lest they try and keep us apart. Didn’t you get my messages?”“What messages?” I asked through stiff lips, even as it hit her. Those emails I'd been getting, those texts, they must have been Tarus. I never mentioned them t