Chapter 5.
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My heart skipped a beat at the resentment in his voice when he said 'Beta.'
"Ok.. Sorry for wasting your precious time,
Alpha Samuel." I didn't care that my voice sounded bitter.
I didn't wait for a reply. turning and leaving the office before he could even reply, slamming the door shut behind me. I stormed down the hall, feeling my irritation growing, great now I had to face Jack...
Although he hadn't been as bad as Samuel, he didn't really make an effort with me either. On my birthday and on Christmas he would send a message, and when I got injured pretty bad last year, he had sent a small message, but that was it...
That night, not only had I lost my mates before I even got them, I lost two of my best friends. I wish I didn't go to the ball, if I didn't nothing would have changed between us.
I was so lost in thought that I didn't realize where I was going when the sound of a woman's breathless giggle made me stop in my tracks.
I looked ahead to see a gorgeous woman. I vaguely recognized her. She was leaning against the wall, her hand on a man's chest as he leaned over her slightly, speaking quietly.
A man whose scent of spiced cinnamon and fresh rain hit me like a storm, and with it, the gutting feeling of pain twisted in my stomach.
His head snapped towards me, and I stared into the deep powdery blue eyes of Jack. He quickly moved away from the woman, and that stung. Why would you do that unless your intentions weren't innocent?
"April.. I didn't know you were back..." He said quietly, his voice sending a rush of tingles through me.
"Yeah, I came last night. I uh, Samuel told me to discuss the training regime with you. Umm, take a look at them when you have time and see what you think." I said, walking over to him, I held out the memory stick.
He looked down at me, and I saw the concern in his eyes. His heart was racing a little as he took it, I let go quickly, not wanting to touch him.
Despite it all, I felt a sliver of guilt go through me, for what happened two years ago I looked away giving the woman a small smile. She really was gorgeous...
"Hey." She said,
"Hi."
"Gwendolyn." She said, holding her hand out.
"April." I took her hand, and she gave Jack a smile.
"Nice to meet you girl."
"You too." I turned and walked off, not wanting to spend another minute here.
With each step I took, my smile faded away.
Crap, I was meant to talk to Samuel about the packhouse...
I didn't want to ask him again. Maybe I'll go visit Pamel and ask Aunty Red...
That sounded like a better plan!
I quickly left the packhouse, feeling a lot better as I hurried through the woods towards the house that stood a little away from the rest of the pack.
A home where I spent most of my childhood memories. An escape from the tension and gloom of my own house.
My heart skipped a beat as I looked around, remembering how I would sit with Kiara under that tree near the river... remembering Samuel smacking my ass and calling me bitesize...
Jack's smile when he got everyone some fresh donuts or something.
Don't think about them.
The saddest thing was, with time, my wolf became disconnected from me too.
I rang the doorbell, and I heard the sound of laughing.
"Mama! Someone door!"
I smiled, hearing Pamel's voice. Damn I shouldn't have come empty-handed! I even got her a gift from up north. Goddess my memory was ridiculous!
"April, come on in." Aunty Red said the moment she opened the door.
"Don't mind if I do." I replied stepping inside and closing the door behind me. "Pamel!"
She moved away, looking at me wearily.
"I'm April."
"Waven?" She said.
I smiled and nodded.
"Want me to give you a piggyback ride? Or I can be a horsy?"
"Ooo piggyback!"
I smiled, atta girl. I picked her up, spinning her around, making her giggle. She looked a lot like Indigo, and I wondered how Aunty Red coped with that. I kissed her forehead gently before I placed her down on the worktop.
Aunty Red seemed to have been busy cooking.
"Did you end up seeing the boys?" She asked.
My heart skipped a beat, and I swear she knew something.
"Yes, I did." I said smoothly. Pulling faces at Pamel, who burst out laughing.
"That's great. You'll stay for lunch, I'm making Sheppard's pie?"
"I don't mind," I hadn't eaten and I couldn't cook... "Umm, I came because I wanted to ask for something." I said, perching on one of the bar
stools.
"Sure, what is it?"
"I wanted to ask if I could put in a request for a room at the packhouse." I said, hiding the nervousness I felt inside.
She frowned, looking at me concerned.
"Lydia told me you would probably ask for that.
Is everything ok?" "Yeah, I just think I'm old enough to have my own place." I said, shrugging lightly.
"Sure, I'll get someone to set up a room for you there. Samuel stays there too, since he's come back..." She frowned, and I tried not to react to the mention of Samuel. "He's changed a lot, hasn't he?"
"Yeah..."
"Surely there must be a reason behind that."
Aunty Red said lightly, popping the tray into the oven before she turned to me, her sharp eyes fixed on me. "Would you have any idea what that
reason might be?"
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