KING

CHAPTER THREE

JANET

Ed’s not so old to be my uncle. He’s only about a year elder to me. But he is really mature in every aspect to me, except for the part where he sleeps with school sluts.

I don’t know why he does that. Well my uncle’s hot and not to forget a hot young Alpha. He’s been the Alpha of our pack since he was twelve, after granddad lost one of his legs in a battle.

My parents died the same night in front my eyes. I have been having nightmares since then. But these past three to four years I’ve been improving. It’s not a regular thing anymore. I’ve had help, Ed being a greater part of that. He has always been there for me. He has the same nightmares though he doesn’t say anything and denies every time I ask.

My eyes fluttered open to see Ed looking at me, a faint smile on his face. He said that he came to my room because he couldn’t sleep. He lied to me when I asked him if he had a nightmare. He can lie to everyone but not to me. I know him all too well. He took a huge blow when my mom died. They were the ideal siblings and kids, any parent could ever wish for. But after my mother, he broke and now he is the way he is.

After he left my room sleep had left my eyes. I kept staring at the ceiling thinking of all the good old times before my parents died. The clock snapped me out my thoughts, ringing like its life depended on it. Shutting it off, I got out of bed for an early shower.

I stepped into the bathroom to see another person. My hair stuck out in all the possible directions, dried drool lined all the way from the corner of my mouth and down to the chin. After finishing brushing I went into the shower stripping out my clothes. I sighed as I felt all the worries washing down with the warm water.

After showering for nearly about half an hour, I came out humming to myself. I went through my closet to pull out a green blouse and paired it with white skinny jeans and brown boots. Throwing them on the bed I went to get my makeup done. With a swift line of eye liner and a swish of mascara, I put on some foundation kissing it with a little blush. To complete the look I added a little bit of tint on my lips. Dressing up, I headed downstairs with my bag.

“Are you out honey?” Grandma called out from the kitchen. She looked up and gasped at me, “Oh sweetheart! You look beautiful!” “Thanks grandma,” I replied back smiling.

Taking the seat by the island I looked around, “Where’s Ed?” I said munching on a cookie. “He’s off for some work honey. He told me to inform you about that and I was going to but you came down early,” she continued as she put down the scrambled eggs, “He said he would drive you back from school. So take a ride with Charles.”

“Did he say anything in particular?” I asked looking up from my plate. “No honey. He just said that he had some work,” she replied pouring me a glass of juice. “Okay grandma,” I said gulping down the juice. “Thanks for the breakfast.” I gave her a kiss and ran out of the front door.

I walked down to Charles’ house which was right next to us, in this neighborhood. You would be thinking-neighborhood?

We are part human, remember?

Charles is our pack’s beta. After my dad died, his dad, who is also Charles’ dad, took the beta’s position until Charles’ came of age. I walked up the front steps knocking on the door. The door opened to reveal Charles’ dad.

“Janet! What brings you here so early in the morning?” He asked with a smile. “I’ve school to go to Gerard, so it’s not early.” I looked over him, “Where is Charles?”“Darling! Where’s Charles?” he yelled over his shoulder. Wow! Does he not stay at home or what? “He has left for school already honey,” Olivia, Charles’ mom, shouted back. “I’ll get going then,” I said turning around to leave. “Would you like me to drop you off?” Gerard asked. “Nope. I’ll manage.”

I hopped down the stairs and walked down the neighborhood. Well school was just a twenty five minute walk. I’m a lazy ass when it comes to working out. Ed tries to wake me up in the morning for exercise but he finally gives up to my laziness. Well I would get some workout done this way then. Walking is a type of workout, right?

I get out of my neighborhood and start hopping down the road to my school. Our neighborhood is all werewolf, no humans except the ones who have a werewolf mate. It’s practically situated in the woods. Our ancestors owned this part of the forest in West Virginia. So they decided to clear a small part of the forest and make a neighborhood for the future gen.

We have human guests though. We pretty much function normally like humans do, like socialize, throw parties, have summertime BBQs; except for the fact that we’re werewolves.

A little further, where our small neighborhood ends, a clear road starts. Black pine trees line along both sides of the road. They tower so high that the tops of the trees on the either side road meet above, making the road looking like a tunnel.

As I walk down the road, two long black SUVs surpass me in the opposite direction. I stop and look back at them. I wonder if someone’s coming home today. Well I’ll find that out after school.

I came to a stop at the trisection. One of the roads leads to the highway, the other one to downtown and the last one to a lake that remains frozen for almost all the months in a year.

Looking left and right I started walking down the road to downtown. That’s where my school is. I was just a few steps away when I saw a guy on a sexy bike. Yes ‘sexy’ is the word. He had his head on the handle with a helmet on his head. Well he looked pretty sexy too.

I neared him and cleared my throat.

“Are you okay?”

He looked up, the hood still on. He was wearing a leather jacket and skinny jeans with combat boots. From his smell I could tell he was a human.

He stayed still as if in a daze.

I repeated my question, “Hey! Are you okay?”

He nodded his head.

“Then what are doing here in the middle of the road with your head down?”

He seemed to be contemplating as to take off his helmet or not. Oh come on! Take it off and show me your face. What?! I’m a girl and I fantasize about boys.

It seemed that he finally decided to take the f*****g helmet off. Please be hot, please be hot, please be ho- What!! Hair cascaded down as if it was water. Off went the helmet and rested on the left rear mirror. Pushing back the hair a set of icy blue eyes landed on me. “Wow…”