Last Ride

Chapter Six - Corra - New Rules

My eyes slowly opened, my body stretching as I woke up, tight and bruised. I took a deep breath, and I was relaxed and ready for the day. But when I sat up. Something wasn’t right. Something felt… Wrong. I studied the small room. I couldn’t see anything out of the ordinary. I examined it closer again. Still nothing. I looked very hard once more, and finally. I saw something so terrifying, it took me a few moments for my brain to comprehend what it was. This was not my room, these were not my clothes, and most importantly there was a small voice in my head. It screamed at me “Mate, Mate, Mate.” My smell was enhanced, but one smell stood out to me among all the others, the smell of freshly cut pine and tobacco with a hint of musk.

I followed it out the door and then to a kitchen that I recognized, I look down at the floor to see my brothers, Michaela, and Jackson, they were all cut up and bruised and we’re in really rough shape. Bottles of beer scattered on the floor, and the clock read 2 PM. “Hay guys… would someone like to tell me what’s going on.” I look down at Jack and had a strong urge to just jump him, that smell that was so intoxicating, was him. Even the voice in my head was screaming at me too. I felt so many uncontrollable urges all at once. Like my senses were running 1,000,000 miles a minute.

It wasn’t long before everyone was up and talking but the only thing I could focus on was him his expression was serious, but then I saw love deeply hidden in his eyes and I liked how it soft and slightly when he looked at me. Like the way he looked at me was different from how he looked at everyone else in my heart just melts. “Corra!...Corra are you listening to me?”Cohen's voice pulled me out of my trance.

“Yes.”

“Well What are you going to do.” The dumb founded look on my face must of said everything because he sighed and continued to talk “What are you going to do about warren?” A low growl came from Jackson “You have been going out with him since middle school. He’s not going to be easy to get rid of, especially since this i***t beat the crap out of alac.”

“You did what!” I turned to look at Jackson 

“You watched me do it.” He said back avoiding eye contact 

“Do you know what warren will do to you?”

“Nothing,” a small smirk crossed his face. “He can’t touch me without starting a war.” And then i Remembered that he was an alpha to, and most importantly the school was in his Territory. It always slips my mind that he’s the head alpha, to me he’s just a high school friend. I never thought of the responsibilities he had to the pack. Warren was an alpha sure but his dad still handled most of the important business. Jackson’s been doing it all on his own.

“But warren… well it’s not… it’s not going to be easy.”

“If that a*s-hole even wants to try and take my mate away from me, then I’ll do to him, what i did to his beta.” I could feel my face flush, and then it hit me, warrens beta was alac.

“What did you do to alac?” The kitchen door opened and Grady and Tank walked in. They all looked at each other, and Grady was about to speak when he stopped, and silence filled the room “well someone better speak or I’ll go right to the source.”

“Come down Cor heading in the now would just cause even more problems.”

“Then speak.”

“It’s not my place.” I could feel my blood starting to boil.

“What did you do to Alac!” 

“Why does it matter, he’s an ass.” Jackson said grabbing me and turning me towards himself. Shock covered his face “Why are your eyes glowing?” 

“Get down now!” I heard Cohen and Cloud yell, and then everything went black for a second.

When I could see again i wasn’t in the house, I was in the field in front of it. Standing in front of me was was warren, his tall broad figure sent chills down my spine. “Oh baby girl you came to great me how nice.” He reached for me but I slapped his hand away. “Now now dear don’t get feisty with me.” His voice became low and demanding “come here.

“No.”

“What your heard me I’m done.”

“That’s not how this works, were already engaged. Our fathers had a deal. Are your going to forget everything we went through together for him.”

“What do you mean, how I acted like a porcelain doll and did what every you told me to, or how you sleep with as many other girls as you could well we were supposedly dating, or maybe the fact that you dragged me into all your s**t i didn’t want to be apart of. Let me just make one thing clear I’m not your property to flont around now” He backed off and didn’t look me in the eyes. “You need to leave now!” He reached reached for me his eyes darkened and fangs starting to show when I felt a harsh breath on my neck, Jackson’s cold noise barely touching the nape of my neck, a low growl coming from him. I looked for his deep blue eye, but found deep black, rage filled eyes that wouldn’t even look at me.

“Fine I get it, I’ll take my leave now… but this isn’t the last time you’ll see me… karma is a b***h after all, and she’s worth whatever chaos she brings with her.” Jackson lunged for him but I wrapped my arms around him.

“It's fine, I’m here now, don’t start something we don’t need to.” He took a deep breath and wrapped his neck around me as warren disappeared into the woods.

**** hours later ****

When I found out what the idiots did to alac i lost it, and left them in the charred remains of the kitchen. Witch is also something new, apparently I turned into a big ball of fire and disappeared leaving the kitchen looking like it got hit by a meteor. None of them have let me leave the house which is now heavily guarded that’s to Jackson. It was such a fun conversation when i tried to sneak out the window and got caught. They were worse than warren was, and that was shocking. As I sat there for hours listening to them arguing that eventually it became white noise.

He walked in when they were finally finished  i didn’t even look at him but every part of me wanted to jump him. “Do you want something to eat,” he stuttered “or something to drink?”

“No.”

“Please just talk to me.” I was too pissed and busy fighting the stupid voice in my head begging me to claim him. Silence filled the room. He walked up to me, were I was sitting on the windowsill, and wrapped his warm arms around me sending tingles all over my body “please”

I pulled away getting to my feet when he spun me around and flopped us both onto the bed. I was sitting in his lap facing him, struggling to get away, but his grip was too strong. “Talk to me.” I scoff  “i want-”he stopped. Tore his fingers through his almost black brown hair “it doesn’t matter what I want.” His voice was one quiet, now “what do you want?”

“You” it’s always been him “but not like this, not when your acting like him, not when your treating me like a fragile child that needs to be protected from the world.” I stopped to pull myself together “don’t treat me like every other person in my life, I want you to be different.” I rested my head on his shoulder.

“I will never be him.” He pulled away lifting my chin. “You are my life, and have been so since the day I met you no matter what i told myself, if I lost you I wouldn't be able to live without you, and that scares me.”

“But I haven’t been waiting for a hero, I save myself long ago. I don’t need someone to complete me. I’m whole alone. I just want a weirdo to go on adventures with, someone who will dance with me. Kiss me when I least expect it and make me laugh. That has always been you, you have always been someone I could confide in. I don’t want things to change. This” i pointed out the window “this is not ok with me.” He took a deep breath

“But it’s necessary.”

“But it’s not.” I ran my fingers through his hair “it’s hiding.” I leaned in and kissed him “ it’s ok to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.”

“But if i can’t protect you how am I supposed to know your ok.”

“Trust, trust me that I will always be there for you, because I trusted you long ago, trusted that you would always be there for me when I needed a partner, some to rely on and be there when i needed a real connection.”

“But…” I cut him off

“No buts I survived long before I met you and will continue to do so. I don’t want fancy dinner dates, shiny cars, overpriced hotel rooms, stuffy people, and diamonds i won’t ever wear. Because that’s not me, give me an old truck bed, full of blankets. A clear night sky full of stars, junk food, and a soul that can make me laugh and is willing to be real with me. If I wanted a million guards I would have stayed with warren.”

“I can’t ever lose you though, promise me that.”

“I couldn’t leave you if i tried.” He leaned in and kissed me and the world falls away.