Chapter 32: Misgivings and the Moon
The three she-wolves blocked my path to the bathroom on the stairway’s landing. In the middle was Tonya, Felix’s most recent ex, clad in a red dress so tight it looked painted on. She had olive skin, deep brown eyes and long, bone-straight black hair. Flanking her were Calix’s ex, Avery, in a blue sequin mini dress with her shoulder-length light blonde hair, blue eyes and pale skin, and Alex’s ex, Sandra, with her long vibrant red hair, green eyes and light sprinkling of freckles across rosy skin. Sandra wore a micro-mini
dark green velvet dress. Currently all six eyes had turned black and were filled with envy and hatred. All three outfits were splattered with my vomit.
“I’m so so so sorry, girls,” I said feebly.
“For stealing our boyfriends or for ruining our clothes?” Bellowed Sandra.
“I didn’t steal them, they’re my mates and they chose to break up with you!” I retorted. “I’m sorry for the clothes!” I specified, my temper rising.
“You little b***h!” Cried Sandra trying to grab me by my wrist. I was furious now too. My wolf was snarling, jealous and threatened and outraged. I snatched my hand away from Sandra and literally growled at her, baring my canines. Something the old Chasity or perhaps, Charity, would have never done
Sandra recoiled a little. Tonya and Avery glared. “So you think you’re hot stuff now, huh, you think you’re actually worth something now?!” Spat Avery.
“Not a chance!” Added Sandra venomously.
I rolled my eyes.
“You should have heard the horrible things they used to say about you!” Said Tonya. That actually made me a little worried. My eyes widened a bit “Didn’t they tell you all the awful stuff they said about you to everyone including us?” Asked Sandra in
mock innocence.
“Especially us!” Corrected Avery.
That stung a little. Had the triplets insulted me behind my back? They used to do so to my face but this felt worse somehow like they must have truly disliked me. Tonya smirked.
“Felix would go on and on about how fat and pathetic you were! How your cooking sucks and you always gave attitude as a maid when you should just be grateful that their parents let your poor ass stay in the pack house,” snarled Tonya.
“Alex thought you were ungrateful too and that you didn’t deserve to live in the pack house because you had no respect for any of them and were entitled!” Growled Sandra.
“Calix said you broke his nose when you were little but still constantly played the victim as if you
were so innocent when you were just as vicious if not more!” Hissed Avery.
I took a deep breath, fighting back tears. The girls seemed satisfied,
“Alex, Baby!” Squealed Sandra suddenly, tossing her long flaming red hair. “Look at what this brat did to me!” She shrieked, gesturing towards her dress.
My heart plummeted. For one horrifying second, I thought Alex was rushing up the stairs to cormfort
Sandra. He would take her in his arms and say she was beautiful right in front of me and then my heart
would break. It would shatter. Alex bounded up the stairs and my wolf and I waited terrified. He came to us and snatched me up, enveloping me in his arms.
US
“Little Luna!” He murmured against my skin, his face buried in my neck. “Are you ok? What
happened? Where’d you run off to?”
“I had to use the bathroom,” I said softly.
“Did you?” He asked. I shook my head. Alex spotted the open door behind the three she-wolves on
the landing leading to a white-tiled bathroom.
“Excuse us, ladies,” he said politely but indifferently. “Alex!” Shrieked Sandra. “She vomited on us!” Cried Sandra, disgusted.
sick,” said Alex matter-of-factly, “and if you hadn’t blocked her way to the bathroom you wouldn’t
hated her! You called her a burden and…” screeched
while I used the bathroom. I washed my hands and
soft high-pitched voice. I
firmly by the waist so I would not fall over. The room still swam before my very eyes but it
spun round and round
in the direction that the voice had come from: Roxie, Felix’s ex girlfriend prior to Tonya.
sighed.
ok,”
for a minute?” Asked Roxie sheepishly. I tried
the pantry looking for a snack for you. You need to eat
where
focused on siting up straight. Mina and Tina had been driven home after
out of their
and… Avalon,” she
are right,” I
you know who I mean, those girls, they were giving you a tough
you were dating one
They’d be
was in the gym shower and they even sabotaged my
you’re popular! You’re outgoing! You’ve always had…friends, money!” I said waving my hands all over this
time, my friend Clair dealt with the same thing. So did Rosie! She was Calix’s girlfriend,” Roxie explained. “But people who behave that way aren’t worth
let go when
and
was so happy for me. He really
of werewolf relationships where you know you’ll have to break
each his own. I felt a little insecure that Moxie
the other
perfect, we did fight, We’d argue a lot. He called me Charity
twice,” she said laughing about it now and shaking her
only seventeen at the time and Felix and I were twenty. We
for a bit when I was head
sounds so snobby and awful saying it out-loud like that,” said Roxie, covering her face. “He was always either whining about something wrong you’d did or how you looked at him as if he were a monster or how you didn’t respect him. Then he would call me by your name sometimes. Then
holding my breath for
herself more than to me, her eyes faraway. “The painting of you looking all sullen and forlorn in your hand-me-downs sitting on the pack house porch steps. I mean
as a mate and say no to the marriage
all of
we’ve
Beta Keaton’s daughter, didn’t
No, I didn’t!
late thirties,” I mumbled.
old daughter.
“Oh you know werewolves always look young,” she said with
had a whole life that I felt I wasn’t privy to. Their
softly, walking in with a tray of snacks: brownies, chips with dip, soft pretzels and mini croissants some filled
get all this?”
some stuff,”
“Charlista?”| asked.
sister, who walked into the kitchen
Calix and
Calix asked, coming up
to? What happened? I missed you,” Felix said rushing forwards and kissing my forehead over and over
was missing,” I
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