Her Reign

Chapter 10

ALENA

The bell rung and Ms. Harris walked in. After taking roll call, she began her lesson. I was barely listening. My mind was distracted from what I saw earlier. I know I woke up this morning with the mindset of not letting Britney get to me, but this just knocked me down mentally. The thought of her having him made me physically sick. I’ve liked him for so long and he’s never acknowledged me, but she gets to be with him. I don’t know if he and Melanie are still together or if he’s cheating on her but it's not fair.

I was broken out of my thoughts when the door opened. I looked over and saw Damon walk in. I think I just stopped breathing while I watched him walk up to the teacher with a piece of paper in his hand.

He handed the paper to Ms. Harris then looked up right at me. We made eye contact before I looked away.

“Ms. Monetti, you're needed in the office.” She said.

It's been years since Jaxson adopted me and I changed my last name and normally I don't even think about it anymore but lately when I hear it, I can't help but wonder if people would ever accept it.

As I packed up my things, I noticed that Damon was standing there waiting on me. Why? Usually, they give the note to the teacher and walk out going back to wherever they came from. Now I think I'm going to die.

I grabbed my bag and walked out of class. As I started down the hall, a hand covered my mouth and another went around my waist, picking me up. I was carried into the girl’s bathroom. I was struggling to get loose but he wouldn’t let go.

“Calm down.” Damon said while letting me go.

“What the hell?! How am I supposed to calm down after that? What are you doing? What do you want?” I asked.

“I wanted to talk to you, and I didn't think you would come willingly.” He said.

“What do you want to talk to me about, we’ve never talked before?” I said.

“Alena, it's about what you saw earlier.” He said.

“I really don’t care to talk about that b***h, or what you choose to do with her.” I said.

I pushed off the wall and lifted my bag on my shoulder. I started walking out but he grabbed my arm.

“Wait.” he said

“No, I’m done here. Am I really supposed to go to the office or was that your way of getting me out of class?” I asked.

“It was my way of getting you out of class. Don’t go.” He said.

“What the hell do you want?” I said again. I’m getting really frustrated because I don't want to think about Britney when I'm looking at him.

Normally, I would have loved to talk to him. Being able to look at him and he actually notices me, but I can't right now.

I could hear him come closer, but I refused to turn and look at him. I didn’t trust myself. He looks so good; I'd hate to embarrass myself.

“Melanie cheated on me. I picked up her phone this morning when she left it in my car. I saw text messages from a dude that proves it. We got into a fight yesterday and she ran off. I couldn’t get a hold of her at all last night. Then I see messages of what they did together. She sent pictures to him of them together. I was pissed and felt betrayed. I wanted to hurt her so how better then with her best friend. That's the only reason why I kissed her.” He said.

“Why are you telling me this? You don’t owe me an explanation.” I said.

“Alena, I know you like me, and I know you hate Britney plus I saw the look on your face when you saw us. You looked like you were going to cry.” He said.

Shit, if he saw that then I know she did. I don’t know what to do or say to that.

“I don’t need your pity. I’m fine.” I said and walked out.

As I walked back to class, I didn't turn around and he didn’t try to stop me. I wanted him to stop me but what do I expect, it's not that he likes me or anything.

The day went by without anything interesting happening and it's lunch time. I was sitting at our table with my friends. We were talking about random things. I looked up and saw Damon sitting at his table watching me. He was sitting with his normal group plus half of the b***h squad including Britney who was sitting next to him. Melanie wasn’t there.

“Alena, why is Damon staring at you?” Courtney asked.

I didn’t want to talk about it in school because I'm sure others will hear, and I don't want to be the one who spreads the news so I mind linked everyone and told them I would tell them after school when we are alone.

Yes, I can mind link thanks to my mother’s special abilities. It was the one thing she could give me with her powers that would connect me to the pack and my family.

Britney is desperately trying to get his attention. She kept talking to him, but you can tell that he’s not paying attention. She has her hand on his arm.

I’m trying to avoid his stare. Occasionally, without thinking, our eyes locked but I keep looking away. I don’t know what is going on. For as long as I've known Damon, he's never done this before. He’s never paid any attention to me so I'm trying to figure out what has changed.

Courtney elbowed me in the side and when I looked at her, she pointed to the door of the cafeteria. Standing in the doorway is Melanie with the other half of the b***h squad and they are all staring at Britney. If looks can kill, Britney would be dead.

“Oh s**t, what is going on?” Courtney whispered in my ear.

“Why would you think I know?” I whispered back.

“I have a feeling that what you're going to tell us later means you know exactly what is going on.” she said.

I couldn’t help but make a face at her and she rolled her eyes at me before we looked back at the drama that was about to unfold.

“So, you're really going to end things and be with this bitch.” Melanie said to Damon.

“Melanie, don’t start.” He said.

“What the f**k do you mean don’t start?! We are going through something right now and you can’t wait to f**k my so called best friend?” she said.

“Going through something? Is that your way of saying you cheated on me? As far as I'm concerned, I’m single and what I chose to do with my time is my business now if you excuse me.” He said.

Damon got up from the table, walking past me. He glanced at me before Britney was running behind him calling his name.

Before they walked out of the cafeteria, Melanie ran up to Britney. She grabbed the back of her hair and pulled her back causing Britney to fall to the floor. Before Britney could react, Melanie was throwing punches left and right making contact every time. Britney had blood coming out of her nose and mouth.

I honestly didn’t expect Britney to get up, but she managed to and started fighting Melanie back. She was throwing punches and kicks, but it was clear that Melanie was stronger and was able to block most of them.

Did I forget to mention, Melanie is the daughter of her pack’s Third in command. She is strong, a lot stronger than Britney. She’s a b***h and will terrorize anyone but she doesn’t usually get into fights, so everyone is watching in complete shock.

Before others could break up the fight, Britney shifted into her brown wolf then Melanie shifted into her grey wolf. They were growling at each other, circling while examining each other for a weak link.

You could tell Britney was getting impatient, so she charged forward. She went for Melanie’s throat but missed her mark but managed to claw at her shoulder. Melanie attacked, dragging her claws down her side.

There was a lot of blood. Both were bleeding. The blood was oozing on the floor causing them both to slip on the tile floor.

Melanie lunged at Britney again. This time she caught her neck. She doesn’t have a solid grip, but she is holding on.

“THAT'S ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU STOP AND SHIFT NOW!” Damon’s voice boomed, through the whole building, using his alpha command.

They both stopped and shifted. Standing there, completely naked with their heads down tilted to the side to show submission until one of the office ladies came running up and handed both a tee shirt.

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