Chapter 32: Misgivings and the Moon
The three she-wolves blocked my path to the bathroom on the stairway’s landing. In the middle was Tonya, Felix’s most recent ex, clad in a red dress so tight it looked painted on. She had olive skin, deep brown eyes and long, bone-straight black hair. Flanking her were Calix’s ex, Avery, in a blue sequin mini dress with her shoulder-length light blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin, and Alex’s ex, Sandra, with her long vibrant red hair, green eyes and light sprinkling of freckles across rosy skin. Sandra wore a micro-mini
dark green velvet dress. Currently all six eyes had turned black and were filled with envy and hatred. All three outfits were splattered with my vomit.
“I’m so so so sorry, girls,” I said feebly.
“For stealing our boyfriends or for ruining our clothes?” Bellowed Sandra.
“I didn’t steal them, they’re my mates and they chose to break up with you!” I retorted. “I’m sorry for the clothes!” I specified, my temper rising.
“You little b***h!” Cried Sandra trying to grab me by my wrist. I was furious now too. My wolf was snarling, jealous and threatened and outraged. I snatched my hand away from Sandra and literally growled at her, baring my canines. Something the old Chasity or perhaps, Charity, would have never done
Sandra recoiled a little. Tonya and Avery glared. “So you think you’re hot stuff now, huh, you think you’re actually worth something now?!” Spat Avery.
“Not a chance!” Added Sandra venomously.
I rolled my eyes.
“You should have heard the horrible things they used to say about you!” Said Tonya. That actually made me a little worried. My eyes widened a bit “Didn’t they tell you all the awful stuff they said about you to everyone including us?” Asked Sandra in
mock innocence.
“Especially us!” Corrected Avery.
That stung a little. Had the triplets insulted me behind my back? They used to do so to my face but this felt worse somehow like they must have truly disliked me. Tonya smirked.
“Felix would go on and on about how fat and pathetic you were! How your cooking sucks and you always gave attitude as a maid when you should just be grateful that their parents let your poor ass stay in the pack house,” snarled Tonya.
“Alex thought you were ungrateful too and that you didn’t deserve to live in the pack house because you had no respect for any of them and were entitled!” Growled Sandra.
“Calix said you broke his nose when you were little but still constantly played the victim as if you
were so innocent when you were just as vicious if not more!” Hissed Avery.
I took a deep breath, fighting back tears. The girls seemed satisfied,
“Alex, Baby!” Squealed Sandra suddenly, tossing her long flaming red hair. “Look at what this brat did to me!” She shrieked, gesturing towards her dress.
My heart plummeted. For one horrifying second, I thought Alex was rushing up the stairs to cormfort
Sandra. He would take her in his arms and say she was beautiful right in front of me and then my heart
would break. It would shatter. Alex bounded up the stairs and my wolf and I waited terrified. He came to us and snatched me up, enveloping me in his arms.
US
“Little Luna!” He murmured against my skin, his face buried in my neck. “Are you ok? What
happened? Where’d you run off to?”
“I had to use the bathroom,” I said softly.
“Did you?” He asked. I shook my head. Alex spotted the open door behind the three she-wolves on
the landing leading to a white-tiled bathroom.
“Excuse us, ladies,” he said politely but indifferently. “Alex!” Shrieked Sandra. “She vomited on us!” Cried Sandra, disgusted.
if you hadn’t blocked her way to the bathroom you
called her a burden
made him face the wall while I used the bathroom. I washed my hands and then Alex made me wash my face and sip some water. He patted my head with a cool damp towel. My skin was flushed and my head ached.
soft high-pitched voice. I was sitting
not fall over. The room still swam
spun round and round
looked in the direction that the voice had come from: Roxie, Felix’s ex girlfriend
sighed.
ok,”
I talk to her for a minute?” Asked Roxie sheepishly. I tried to hide
snack for you. You need to eat something!” Said
where everything is!” Encouraged
me. I looked away from her, focused on siting up straight. Mina and Tina had been driven home after they both drunkenly fell off the porch and into
of their cold wet
know Tanya, Sonia and… Avalon,”
names are right,” I
those girls, they were giving you a tough
always was when you were dating one of the triplets.
jealous. They’d
messing with my clothes while I was in the gym shower and they even sabotaged my art piece for
You’ve always had…friends, money!” I said
over it. Alex’s girlfriend at the time, my friend Clair dealt with the same thing. So did Rosie! She
when a guy meets his
you and
up. “And Felix was so happy for me. He really was. He
point of werewolf relationships where you know you’ll have
person isn’t your mate but to each his own. I felt a little
not the other way
we did fight, We’d argue a lot. He called
now and
at the time
a bit when I was head cheerleader and
was like obsessed with this little maid girl that lived in his house, no offence. Ugh, that sounds so snobby and awful saying it out-loud like that,” said Roxie, covering her face. “He was always either whining about something wrong you’d did or how you looked at him as if he were a monster or how you didn’t respect him. Then he would call me by your name sometimes. Then I found it!”
I asked, holding my breath
said Roxie to herself more than to me, her eyes faraway. “The painting of you looking all sullen and forlorn in your hand-me-downs sitting on the pack house porch steps. I mean
“But now I get it! Who could blame you? After everything you’ve been through. Felix was terrified you would reject him as a mate and say no to the marriage proposal. He was scared he’d wake up one day and you’d just be gone no explanation, no note,
told you all of this?”
I mean we’ve
I’m Beta Keaton’s daughter, didn’t you know
No, I didn’t!
in his late thirties,” I mumbled. He
old daughter.
you know werewolves always look young,” she said with a wave of her hand as
jealous and angry but I also felt overwhelmed. The triplets had a whole life that I
in with a tray of snacks: brownies, chips with
you get all this?”
some stuff,” Alex
“Charlista?”| asked.
housekeeper,” said Moxie, Roxie’s younger sister, who walked
Calix and
Calix asked, coming up
Felix
took you ages to notice I was missing,”
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