It was just a misunderstanding," I shrugged. "I forgot to set an alarm."
"Was he angry with you? Did he hurt you?" My Dad bombarded me with questions. No way I was going to tell him the truth about what happened in my room.
"He was angry, but he didn't hurt me." I shrugged. I could practically feel his hand still wrapped around my neck.
My dad let out a weary sigh, "You need to be more careful, Layla."
I nodded, "I know Dad I will, I promise." I added it for his benefit.
My grandma shot me a sly smirk and I wondered what that was about.
Seanly came downstairs shortly after, and he too had asked why Alpha Asher had come for a visit.I ended up stopping by the local coffee shop after breakfast, craving one of the Iced Mocha's they were famous for.
When Beyonce and I were still best-friends, we would come here at least three times a
week.
I sipped my coffee and nearly moaned at the taste. The only thing lacking at grandma's little cottage was the short supply of coffee.
I nearly spat out my coffee when I heard a nasal laugh call out behind me. I turned around and locked eyes with Chelsead.
She definitely looked the same, and I wondered if anyone had actually changed around here. Her skin was still as tan as ever, and her sandy blonde hair reached down to her collar bones.
She didn't seem surprised to see me, and I remembered she was in training with the rest of us.A mean smirk formed on her face as she walked up to me, a dark haired girl clinging at her side.
"Layla, never thought I'd see you again." She smiled cruelly. The dark haired girl at her side snickered.
I smirked at the two of them and shrugged, "Well, I'm back."
"Whatever. I'd say welcome back and all that sh*t, but I really don't care." She shrugged. I couldn't believe I was ever friends with her.
I snorted, "Good to see some things never change."
Her fake smile became mean in an instant and like her fake smile became mean in an instant and like a startled cat she lashed out.
"That makes one of us. Everything's changed for you though, hasn't it? No longer the Alpha's favorite. Thank g*d you didn't
become Luna. Goddess only knows how I managed to put up with you."
I rolled my eyes, "Changed for the better you mean. I don't need to be with an Alpha to know my worth.
That's something you should try and live by." I turned around and headed back to the towns square.Ignoring the stares of some of the people around town, I walked into the towns center and sat down on a bench.
I sipped my coffee and let my eyes wander over the large fountain in the middle of the square.
From afar this town looks quaint and normal, if only the humans knew what really lived here.
As always, my peace was interrupted.
"Hey, Lola." Ethaal's c**ky voice called out.
I rolled my eyes and began to stand from the bench.
"Aw c'mon Layla. You don't have to leave. Can't we just have a normal conversation?' Ethaal frowned.
I gave him a scrutinizing look. Ethan wasn't one for normal conversations.
"Sure, whatever. But the minute you get all d****e-like, I'm leaving." I shrugged, but definitely didn't let my guard down.
"Aw you know I was just playing about yesterday." Ethaal teased, and I rolled my eyes.
His blonde hair wasn't slicked back in its normal style, it sat tousled on his head. Sure, Ethan was a fairly attractive guy. He could almost be called hot, but all of that faded away once you got to know his personality.
"Sure you were." I muttered, sipping on my coffee.
Ethaal plopped down on the bench next to me and leaned back. I gave him a 'what the f**k' look when he let his arm rest on the bench behind me.
"So, what've you been up to this past year." He shot me a smirk.
"Went to my grandma's, trained and graduated high-school." I shrugged.
Ethaal frowned, "Y'know, Tola was actually distraught when he heard you left. He tried to figure out where you went, but your folks wouldn't tell him anything.
"That small shriveled part of my heart that once loved Tola squeezed at what Ethaal had said, but my mind knew better.
Tola tossed me away like trash and his friends did the same. It was pathetic irony
that Tola tossed his own pack away as well.
I rolled my eyes at Ethaal, "Look, I genuinely don't care. I don't see how that's hard to understand."
I could feel someone's eyes on me and looked around to find the source. I locked eyes with Alpha Asher, who stood across the town's square talking to a couple men.
I assumed the men weren't new additions to his pack due to the scars that littered their body.
Was everyone in Alpha Asher's pack so scary looking?
Ethaal's voice pulled my eyes away from Alpha Asher's.
Ethan leaned closer to me, invading my personal space. Invading someone's personal space was an Ethaal specialty.
"So you've really moved on, huh?" Ethaal asked, his eyes roaming my face as though he were searching for something.
I shrugged, "Yep."
"Y'know, I never said this before but I always kind of liked you." Ethaal gave me a lopsided smile.
"Ethaal, you say that to every girl." I looked at him with a straight face
.
Ethan acted like I wounded him, "I mean it with you though. You're gorgeous and you have a s*xy body." I resisted the urge to gag.
I officially had enough of this conversation.
and felt a smug pang roll through me as I caught him looking.
Ethaal muttered something under his breath loud enough for me to hear.
"You never played this hard to get withTola."
"Did he really just say that?" May growled in my head.
I could feel May.try to push herself forward, and I reacted on instinct.I dumped my poor Iced Mocha down Ethaal's head. May howled with laughter while I mourned the
loss of my coffee.
"f**k you, Ethaal." I gave him one last sweet smile.
I could feel Alpha Asher's eyes on my back as I walked away.