Aleya, Saywer and I were almost the last to storm into the already crowded and noisy cafeteria. Of course, all the round tables by the windows were unfortunately already occupied and so we only had one of the tables near the trash cans, which immediately put me in an even worse mood than I already had based on what I had experienced.
I wanted to roll my eyes again, but as soon as we were seated, Sawyer caught my attention.
"Now will you tell us whose blood this is?"
He was looking at me just as curiously as Aleya, nervously fiddling with his lip piercing while I hurriedly took off my denim jacket and stuffed it into my backpack. If my brother saw her, only unnecessary questions would come up, which I didn't want him to answer. He worried enough about me and my future.
"From Guiselle, she was forcibly tagged," I breathed in dismay, adjusting my white sweater and breathing heavily. Aleya looked at Sawyer and I could already imagine why she was looking at him for help.
Female wolves with steady mates were less likely to be attacked for fear of retaliation. Unfortunately, brothers had no right to protect their sisters from such a thing, since they were not entitled to cohabitant wolves. That was the law and that's why we played our secret game until I found a sane, decent mate.
I had to laugh out loud inside at the thought. As if I would be so lucky.
"Do you know who it was?" Aleya asked me, but I didn't even get to answer her.
"Who was what? May I sit down?"
Out of nowhere the girl with the black curly hair was standing at our table and apparently her question was meant for me alone, because she didn't stop scrutinizing me for a second.
I didn't say anything, just stared spellbound into her dark eyes and waited for someone to please bring me out of this rigidity that I couldn't break free of myself. Something about her, and I didn't know what it was, was magically pulling me in and even my inner wolf went slightly nuts, which made me jump in shock. She never really spoke up in my human form, and that's exactly why I was suddenly worried that she was trying to warn me about something.
"Don't you want to finally answer her?" came the menacing voice of the big guy who seemed to be following her every step. My gaze darted over to him and it was only then that I noticed a large bite scar right on his throat. She looked awful, like he should be dead and noticing my intense staring at it, he gasped and started to take a step toward me, but the girl reached out her arm to hold him in place beside her .
"My name is Viola, this is Trevis. May we sit down or not?"
I got heart racing just from his piercing gaze and since I was surrounded by wolves I'm sure they would all notice that I was super nervous and scared. My eyes darted over to Aleya and Sawyer, who were also eyeing the two standing in front of us curiously.
After a few seconds of seemingly endless silence, I then heard this Trevis growl softly, running a hand through his jet-black hair, which fell wildly to his ears.
"You know, Viola doesn't even have to ask your permission!" he growled, taking a step towards me so that I was immediately enveloped by the scent of forest and freedom that clung to him. My heart was beating like crazy because I didn't know the superiors and how far they would go in an argument, even though it wasn't even one. "She's the daughter of the alpha and the sister of the future one! So please be respectful and answer if you're asked a question!"
While Aleya and Sawyer took deep breaths, I glanced back at Viola, who was eyeing me blankly.
So she was the Alpha's daughter. So she was the daughter of the man who made everything in my life go wrong. The memory of the worst time of my life came up in me and I literally felt how anger and hate took over everything in me and completely overshadowed the fear. I stood up in rejection of her, clenched my hands into fists and bit my bottom lip angrily.
"I don't give a shit who she is! She can sit down if I don't mind! I'm going!" I hissed, noticing the many pairs of eyes that were on the three of us. But I didn't care as much as anything else. I just wanted to be far away from her.
"Oh yeah, you're leaving?" Trevis asked in amusement, then grabbed my arm tightly to shove me straight back into the chair.
"Jady, please stop," Aleya's soft voice sounded next to me, but I had no intention of submitting to wolves who only cared about their side of the bridge. There was certainly peace and order among them. No rapes, no coercive tagging, no secrets about mates, or anything else. Only expensive parties, fireworks and all the bigwigs all around. What bothered me the most was that they were able to enjoy being wolf to the fullest while I had to keep it a secret, like the rest of my life.
"I said I'm going, so get out of my way!"
I got up again and suddenly I felt that the two were having a conversation about their thoughts. They both stared at me until Trevis suddenly beamed from ear to ear and took a step to the side.
"See you," he murmured, grinning, and without looking back or considering his over-the-top friendliness, I quickly walked into the hallway and out into the sun to take a deep breath and calm down.
Brave, but absolutely stupid and unnecessary. I'm sure my brother would say that now, but there was a reason I didn't want the upper class around, let alone the Alpha's family, because because of him, my parents disappeared and will probably never come back.. .