His Possession or His Princess

Sixty-Two | One Month Later

Cal

It’s been a month since the incident, and we are now one week away from winter break. It feels almost like we’re at a standstill. Titus is cautious on who to trust and is having a hard time finding any new information on my eyes and markings. He had a futon moved into his office and that’s where we sleep. My clothes are in my parents’ room so every day I have to go there to change. It’s inconvenient, but as long as I’m with Titus I don’t really care.

I spend my days at school and when I come home most of the time, I end up going over to Rose’s house. She is finally getting comfortable around me and I really think that we’re going to be great friends. Things are still tense between me and Olive. We still hang out, but not as frequently and I feel bad for Britt because she’s stuck in the middle. I’ve noticed Britt spends a lot of time with Hugh or by herself and the same goes for Olive with Eric.

My nights are always with Titus, but things have been tense ever since we received that note. He stopped coming to school, but he makes sure that either Eric or Hugh is always in one of my classes to be able to keep an eye on me. It gets annoying, but it’s fine.

I really just wish he would act more normal around me. Things are always so strained- we’re rarely being intimate, he never really wants to talk to me about anything, I just feel like this isn’t the way a relationship is supposed to be. Especially between an Alpha and a Luna, aren’t we supposed to be in a partnership?

I’m too lost in my thoughts and I stumble in the hallway and groan as all my books fall on the ground. I begin to pick them up and I hear a boy’s voice, “Are you okay?”

I stand up and look at Alexander as he smiles nervously at me. I give him a tight-lipped smile as I grab the book he’s holding out for me and I answer, “Yeah, I’m fine, thanks.”

I move to walk away when I hear him say, “I haven’t seen Titus around in a while, did you guys break up?”

I look back at him startled by his random question and shake my head no, “No, of course not,” I look around our environment to make sure no humans are near as I answer in a low voice, “You know he’s my mate.”

He shrugs in response, “Mates can reject one another. It would make sense, Titus hasn’t been around and you’ve seemed sad.”

I scoff, “Well, we didn’t break up, we’re happy. It’s just weird being here without him by my side. He just has too many duties being Alpha, something that you wouldn’t understand yet.”

His eyebrows knit together, and he asks, “What makes you think I wouldn’t understand it?”

“From what I have heard you are the future Alpha, not the current.” I respond curtly.

“That doesn’t mean I don’t have any responsibilities.” He argues.

I roll my eyes, “I never said that you don’t have any responsibilities. I just mean Titus is too busy to come here and he can do school online anyways.” I almost slipped and said that he has his degree, but I know that won’t provide anything beneficial.

I shake my head, “I need to go.”

“Wait!” He calls out and grabs my hand and makes me look at him. When my eyes meet his for some reason my mind immediately goes back to the past:

“Wait!” Alex calls out laughing as he grabs my hand and pulls me towards him.

I turn around pouting as I move my hand away from his and pout and he chuckles as he comes closer to me. He asks, “Is little baby girl sad because I’m denying her her favorite dessert?”

I poke my lower lip out even more making him laugh harder and he asks, “If I take us to your favorite bakery then will you be happy?”

I nod and he playfully groans, “Fine!”

“Yay!” I cheer and I get up on my tip toes and place a kiss on his cheek. He wraps his arms around me holding me tightly in his embrace and I move my head away from his and his eyes flicker between my eyes and my lips before his lips attack mine. Pleasure courses through my veins and I wish that I could just stay in this moment with him forever.

I’m being shaken and suddenly I’m brought back towards the present time. Alexander’s eyebrows furrow in confusion and concern and he asks, “Are you okay?”

I nod, “Yeah, yeah, I’m fine. I really need to go.”

I pull my hand out of his and run off before he can say anything. I run outside and take a deep breath and the fresh air makes me feel good and suddenly I don’t want to go back inside that stuffy school. I turn around and look at the school and think about the rest of my day. I only have one class left for the day. I decided I’m going to skip it and I’m going to shift and run back to the pack house.

I rush to the tree line and the second I can I shift into my wolf. I hear Esther purring in my head absolutely delighted to be out and she asks: Can I run us home?

I smile: Of course, Esther, just be on your guard.

Always.

I smile as I rest in my mind. I have full faith in Esther and I’m so happy I was blessed with her as my wolf.