Mate of the Abused Red Wolf

Chapter 3

Clare's POV

I run into the library and glace over that the librarian who is giving me a funny look.

"sorry, just wanna turn my books in and get new ones before the bell rings"

she shrugs looking away as I put the books into the check in basket and go to find some others while trying to figure out how to avoid Andrue once we get home but I come up empty on solutions. I sigh and grab the first two books to the Mortal Instruments series, its my favorite. checking the time on my phone i realize the bells about to ring I hurry to check them out and get to my next class barely making it before the bell rings.

"good for you to join us Clare, find a seat" Mr. Stevenson says

I look up and internally groan as the only seat is next to Kent but I don't know why since he's never bothered me before. I go and sit down next to him as Mr Stevenson starts to drone on about our next English assignment that's due at the end of the week.

"are you okay?" Kent whispers to me and I just shrug

"as okay as I can be" i reply whispering back

"good, I know he can be an asshole at times to you but I feel like it may be more than that" he says looking completely serious

"i-it is nothing i promise, just a bit of brotherly bullying here and there" I say feeling some of the color drain from my face. I can not have him find out they would kill me if he did.

"i don't believe you but if you say so" he says finally dropping it as Mr. Stevenson begins having back assignments he graded and I sigh in relief, all A's. Nothing to worry about now since they only get mad when I have less.

"good job Clare, its nice to see someone actually cares about schooling" Mr. Stevenson says smiling at me

"thank you, sir" I reply smiling back

the bell rang not long after and I packed up to go to my next class

"may I walk you to your next class?" Kent asks me

"why not?" I shrug smiling a bit and that's how the rest of the day went, Kent would walk me from class to class even if he had a different one. once the final bell rang and I walked out of the room he was standing there for me along with Jessica. I smile and we all begin chatting away until Jess breaks off to head to her car.

Kent turns to me and asks, "may I drive you home"

"y-yeah sure you can" i say nervously as we begin to go in the direction of his blacked out truck

"what's got you so nervous?" he looks over curiosity showing is his eyes

looking away i say "nothing, its all okay" he grabs me making me look at him

"I don't believe you Clare, I know something is wrong that's why I am asking you. I can see it in your face when you look at Andrue"

"they beat me" I barely get out and don't think he hears me until I feel his grip tighten some and he drags me to his car, pulling the door open so I can get in and he closes the door carefully, running around to the other side and pulls out of the parking lot at break neck speed.

Were soon in front of my parents and im shaking in fear

"Stay here" he says and I just nod terrified of what's gonna happen.

Watching him calm himself some as he goes to the door and knocks on it, surprisingly Andrue is already home and Kent doesn't say anything at first as they head inside. I realize if my parents come home and see me in Kent's truck ill be in deep s**t so I go lay in the back seat to avoid detection and text Kent where I'm at and why so he doesn't worry. What feels like hours later but turned out to only be 30 minutes Kent comes out and opens the backseat door

"Come on we are gonna go get your things, Andrue is knocked out and your parents have a few hours before they are supposed to be home" he says while helping me sit up and grabbing me around the waist to help me down.

Walking inside everything is still in pristine condition except the little blood on the carpet in front of a passed out Andrue, it looks like he was punched hard and that's what knocked him out, Kent saw me staring so he grabbed my arm pulling me up the stairs to my room.

"Grab all your things, we do not need to grab furniture since you will be moving in to the pack house and will be living right next to me" Kent says as he starts pulling clothes out of my dresser

I nod and grab my suit cases from the closet and pack everything as neatly as possible until I have filled the first one. He takes that one down while I work on the other two which are mostly filled with books and other little trinkets that I did not wanna leave behind. I pack any remaining clothes around them so they could not get broken on the way. As Kent came back up to grab the last remaining things we heard a car pull into the driveway

"s**t" Kent says as he looks out the window "looks like we are out of time"

We hear my parents come inside but I notice they do not freak out "I moved him to his bed and cleaned up the blood while you were packing" he whispers

"Clare? Andrue?" We hear my dad yell

I look at Kent who just sighs and I yell back "up here!" And mouth "i am sorry" to Kent

We hear them ascend the stairs and come straight to my room "where is Andrue?" Mom asks and Kent replied for me "he got his ass kicked by me in sparring today and I accidentally knocked him out but he is fine just in his bed" mom looks a little surprised Kent is with me

"Oh, hello Alpha Kent. Why are you with our Clare?" Mom asks cautiously

"Because we decided to hire her on as my tutor since I'm not doing so hot in some classes but she has to come with me so she is readily available when I need her" he replies while simultaneously mind linking his dad "we have an issue, if we are asked by Clare's parents about hiring her as my tutor go along. They apparently have been abusing her for awhile at least and I don't wanna arouse suspicion on why I'm taking her from their house"

"I see, but I don't understand why Clare and not someone else" my father asks looking at us suspiciously

"Because she has top scores in basically every subject, I could not find anyone else with as good of scores as her" Kent replies.

I was getting worried they won't let me leave when mom suddenly says " good at least she will be somewhat useful finally and apologies alpha but other than tutoring she isn't much use."

"We can have the head omega train her then but we better get going, its close to dinner time and I don't need my mom killing me for being late" he says and they all laugh "come on Clare, it's not too safe at night right now so we need to go before it is dark" Kent says and we finally rush out of there before Andrue wakes.