Lily had left a while ago and I was sitting with my pack and Xavier’s around the fire while other pack members were dancing and getting to know each other.
"So...Uh...how long has Lily been in your pack?" I asked Xavier.
He glared at me "two years"
"Okay and are you guys--" I started to ask but was interrupted by a scream as Lily ran out of the house.
"JASOOOOON" she screamed and ran towards us. I was immediately on high alert looking for any thing that could harm my mate. She reached us and Xavier put both hands on her shoulders.
"What’s wrong?" he asked and she looked behind her clutching a bag of cookies to her chest.
"They’re after me" she whispered.
"The twins" she said and as if on cue the twins ran out of the house and came her way. She glanced at the bonfire and grinned evilly running towards it. The twins stopped a few feet away from her.
"Give us our cookies" Dave said, she laughed and took out a cookie munching on it.
"Wow these are good" she said smiling. The twins made a move to get her but she placed put the box above the fire.
"Ah! ah! ah!" she said moving the box "Move and the cookies are toast" the twins stopped and stared at her.
"you wouldn’t" Dave, or was it Jim said.
"Oh but I would" she took another one out. I glanced at my pack to see them all grinning at her. Lily never used to be playful around us. But then again we didn’t give her the chance to.
"Now what will you give me in exchange for the sacred choclate chips" she pursed her lips attempting to think. "How about I make you--" she started but when someone accidentally shoved beside her while walking she stumbled a bit and the cookies fell. She stared at them wide-eyed.
"you’re dead" the twins said.
"I think I’m going to...Um...Yeah" she looked around searching for someone. Suddenly she ran towards Adrian.
"Adrian, bro. you like me alive right??" she asked and I saw Keith wince at her pet name to Adrian when just a few hours ago she basically refused to have anything to do with him.
Adrian chuckled "Yeah why?" She immediately hid herself behind him and pointed to the twins Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel⁂fire.net
"Hide me" Adrian chuckled and held out his hands so the twins would stop
"Okay, why are you attacking Lily?" he asked
"She ate our secret cookie stash and then threw it in the fire" Dave said
"I was going to share....mostly....okay I wasn’t going to share but come on would you guys really hurt me" she gave them the puppy dog look and they groaned and I could see why. that look could melt a rock
"I hate it when you use the puppy dog face" Dave said and suddenly Lily jumped back in front of the twins with a grin
"I know how to solve this" she said laughing and turned to Adrian. "Adrian can you get us cookies?she pouted
"Why should I?" Adrian smirked and I could tell he was going to do what she wanted.
"Cause you love me" She stated winking at him
"That I do" he smiled and rolled his eyes "Let me guess...chocolate chip?"
"You know me too well" she hugged him which made me let out a low growl. I never thought I’d be jealous of anyone but I was jealous though I had no reason to.
Adrian left and Lily walked with the twins back to the fire.
"You can sit here Lily" I told her gesturing to the empty place next to me. She just ignored me and sat beside Jacob.
I smiled as I saw her take one marshmellow from Jacob’s stick and plop it in her mouth and instead of protesting he gave her the whole stick.
"They’re her family now" I heard Keith say, I didn’t notice he was still beside me
"She can’t deny that we’re her real family. She grew up with us." I growled at him he just kept staring at the fire. I swear I had never seen him so torn up in my life.
"We never were her family Ethan. Family doesn’t do that to each other."
"Okay then we made a mistake. You think I don’t fucking know that." I snapped at him and looked back at Lily who had her head on Jacob’s chest and his arm was draped on her shoulder. I wanted nothing more than to rip his arm off for touching my mate but I controlled myself.
"You know what’s confusing me? Why do you care so much? I mean sure Alan and Peter missed her too but it was more with you. Hell sometimes your more than me and I’m her brother" He looked at me with narrowed eyes and it was obvious he knew. "You know none of the guys noticed what Lily called you in the parking lot because they were too shocked, but I did. And why would she say your her mate again if you weren’t?" he asked sarcastically, raising an eyebrow at me "You knew all along. When you humiliated her. And I believed it because I fucking trusted you more than my own sister."
He stood up and glared at me "You’re my alpha so count your blessings I can’t hurt you Ethan, or you’d be dead by now"
Keith left and I kept staring at the fire, thinking of how badly I’ve screwed everything up. I hurt my mate and made her run away and now my best friend hates me.
"She’s asleep" I heard Jacob say. I looked up and saw him talking to Xavier. I stood up and went their way.