Tears of an Alpha

Chapter Three

I woke up the next morning tired and aching all over. My bones hurt, but I didn’t do that much. Mum didn’t need to call me to get up. The alarm hadn’t even blared to life yet. I must be sick. I was up and showered, dressed with a little makeup on before my little clock went off. Heading down to the kitchen, I noticed that my mother was just about to come and shout for me to get up. I think she was shocked, to say the least.

“Oh! Hello darling, did your bed blow up? Or maybe you have had a body swap?”

“Love you to Mum, I was in pain, so I got up to shower, my bones hurt.”

Her face suddenly dropped, and she was laced with concern. I guess this was the time to ask about Star and the Day/Night out. Ok, here goes.

“Mum let’s sit, I will get you a coffee. There is something I need to discuss with you.”

She looked worried. Well, I guess I don’t have the best track record when it comes to a quiet word. Dad is easier, but he is at the shelter already.

We sat at the kitchen table, two coffees sitting in front of us, my beautiful mother looking at me, waiting for the worst.

“Ok, first off, you know how sensible I am. I work hard and help out around the house when you are busy. Just hear me out until I’ve finished. Well, I have been getting close to a beautiful dog at the rescue, there is no way to get her rehomed because it is difficult to get her to respond to anyone, Star does however like me, responds to me, and we have bonded. I couldn’t handle anything happening to her. That is the first request, I would like to adopt her, and she can keep you company while I’m at college.

The second thing is, right, the town are doing a get together on Saturday, a type of festival with stalls and music, I have been asked to go, it would be good to get to know everyone better. Also, Grace will be with me.”

After a long agonising wait, I get my answer.

“Yes, you can go to the festival, it will do you good to get to know what goes on here in the town, there is also the live music on at the mansion Friday night, you can go to that, but we need to have a chat before going out on Saturday. As for Star Sweetie, I’m not sure. If you go anywhere and she hasn’t taken to us, I wouldn’t know what would happen to her. This discussion needs to be done with your Dad here, ok?”

“Thank you, Mum, I guess that’s all I can ask for.” I give her a big hug and decide to text Grace to let her know that we need outfits for Friday night. This is amazing, a night out to make friends.

The next few Days were filled with school and shopping, Thursday night was filled with coursework, I nipped into the rescue for a visit with Star, I wasn’t down for a shift, but I kept going to see her and taking her for a walk when I could.

Friday was finally here, school finished early because it was a celebration, I have no idea what it was about, but there was food and dancing to be had.

Our outfits were laid out on the bed, Grace had Black skinny jeans with a sparkling gold bra and a black mesh overshirt, gold Kneehigh boots and chunky gold jewellery. With her red hair it’s going to look amazing. I went with faux leather leggings, black Kneehigh boots, and a blue off the shoulder batwing top, with a black bra top underneath, white gold jewellery to complement it.

It didn’t take us long to get dressed, Grace made me over, she had a gift when it came to anything artistic. My hair was left down and strait, my eyes were a smoky blue and nude shimmery colour on my cheeks and lips making my eyes the main focus. Grace had bright red lips and bronze with gold on her eyes and face. Absolutely stunning.

We arrived on time, it was around 2000 when we got there, Mum and Dad insisted that they drop us off, however they didn’t want to come in and see everyone.

The place was amazing, it was dark, but you could still tell that it was a beautiful sight to behold. Strobe lights were hitting all the gold statues, smoke machines were pumping out a thick mist, the band was amazing. Everyone was on the dance floor already, a lot of couples were “really” getting to know each other.

I looked around a little more until Grace pulled me onto the dancefloor, we really got into the music, I then felt a tap on my shoulder, turning I see Alex smiling down at me.

“Want to Dance?” I give a big smile and nod; Grace laughs then leaves me alone with the hunky Bloke.

We Dance for a few songs; he can really move. I then feel his hand in mine, leaning down he asks me to take a walk with him to the gardens, there are light displays going on, so I agree.

We walk to the huge glass doors leading to the rear of the Mansion, Alex looks worried about something, but smiles at me anyway and leads me out. We walk toward a small archway that is quite dark, no lights or torches like the other pathways, I have a bad feeling. Alex is a great guy, why am I suddenly feeling weird.

“Emma, I never told you that my parents were killed, did I? Well, we never really spoke about anything, have we? Hunters took their lives when I was a baby, so as bad this makes me feel it has to be done, this feels wrong, but the Alpha has given me my orders.” I am so confused. What is he on about, Alpha? Hunters? But before I can reply or ask what he means there is something placed over my mouth, I hear Alex apologise, then there is a massive pain in the back of my head, and everything goes dark.