My Female Alpha

Chapter 9- Hatching a Plan

(Kenzie's POV)

I woke up and stumbled to the kitchen for coffee. My leg was still really sore and my bleary brain and eyes were reminding me that it was early morning when I finally hit my bed last night. 

Werewolf legend is correct  that Werewolves do heal faster than humans but we need rest and sustenance in order to do that and so I was still hurting pretty badly this morning. I had managed to get very little rest because Izzy and I had stayed up late making plans. What we had come up with so far was upping our training schedule and increasing patrol in the coming days.

 Izzy had decided that she should stay back at ThunderRun to organize today but she wanted me to go to school because she felt like I needed to make contact with all the other packs in our area. I grabbed my coffee, mind linked with Ty to meet me at his truck in twenty and hopped in the shower. 

I got out and was going through my closest struggling to pick an outfit. I was disgusted with myself when I got caught up thinking about what Quinton would like. 

Honestly when did I start doing that? I gave my head a shake and grabbed some yoga pants and a t shirt. I hadn’t ever worried about impressing other people before, I wasn’t going to start now. Plus my leg was hurt, I didn't want to wear anything that was going to cause me more pain. I rolled my eyes at myself and headed out the door. 

Mel and Sean were going to drive separately today. We had decided in the early morning hours that on the way to school this morning, Ty and I were going to stop at the two other neighboring packs in our area. 

That way we could give them the heads up of what happened last night. The last thing I wanted was our allies getting caught unaware because we hadn't done our due diligence. 

As we drove away from the Rivers pack, I thought about the fact that connecting with the other packs had been a good move. 

 I also considered that we needed to figure out a way to connect with our allies more. As we pulled up and talked to various leaders, it had not gone unnoticed by me the change in their tones and mannerisms, as we conversed. 

With each one I could sense their initial doubt in the lone female Alpha but once we had discussed the rogue attack and I had given some ideas for what we were doing and advice for them, I could visibly see them look at me differently. 

It always bothered me that people made assumptions prior to meeting me but it was something beyond my control. I did feel good as we left our last pack. They each had appreciated the heads up and hopefully they would prepare themselves for what could happen. 

Ty and I grabbed more coffee and headed into school. As we got out of Ty's truck I felt eyes on us and looked up to see Quinton giving us the stare of death and storming into the school. It was midmorning, why was he even outside right now? 

We were late, maybe he was up late cause of the battle last night and was annoyed because he was late too? Or maybe he was mad that they had come to help us? I shrugged it off because I was too tired for any kind of puzzle or for his weird ass attitude and headed to class.

(Quinton's POV)

When I got to school in the morning, I saw Mel and Sean but couldn't sense Kenzie anywhere nearby. I don't know why but it had me all flustered. 

This whole mate/worry thing was taking some getting used to and the bell had rung but I still couldn't seem to make it to class. I was hanging out near the front doors when I saw Kenzie and her third Ty pull up. They were singing and laughing and hopped out of his truck. 

I gritted my teeth and stormed away. I couldn't seem to help it, I was jealous because another male was with my mate and I also envied the easiness that she seemed to have with him.

 I had wanted to check in with her and see if she was okay but knowing it was irrational that I was seeing red, I  got out of there before I could tear a strip off them both. 

I fully knew I needed to check my jealousy but couldn't seem to help myself. As I sat down in class, I knew I needed to figure out a way to spend some more time with Kenzie and started hatching a plan.

(Kenzie's POV)

We had just finished lunch and I was thinking about what to do about having to go to Warrior Training today because I really didn't want to mess up my leg more, when I caught Quinton's scent. I inhaled deeply and turned around to see him looking down at me. 

He said, "Hey, do you think I could talk to you for a minute?" I nodded, mumbled goodbye to everyone at our table and that I would catch up with them later and moved to follow him. I could see the speculation in people's eyes as we walked out but chose to ignore it, people needed to mind their own. 

We left the cafeteria and he guided us out of the school to the parking lot. I was lost in my own thoughts not really paying attention to where we were when I realized I was outside and looked at him curiously. 

He stumbled on his words a little which was kind of cute, "Ummmmm, so I know that you got hurt last night and I was thinking it might be best to skip warrior training today, instead would you go somewhere with me?" I thought about it for a minute and knew that I should probably say no but he looked so adorable and completely unsure of himself. It was completely endearing.

These were not traits that I felt anyone would associate with Quinton Silver. Plus I was curious as to his thoughts about last night and how they had ended up coming to our aid in the first place. "Yah, thanks... I'd actually like that." He gave me the most dazzling smile and I could only blink at his sheer beauty as he guided me towards his jeep.