About a month after the diner incident Sierra pulled me into an empty classroom. She looks around to make sure we are alone. “Talk, or I am going to Delta Kyle and Luna Ava. They clearly know more than the rest of us. I saw the marks on your back and you have more and more bruises all the time. You can’t tell me it’s just from training. You don’t take that many bad hits. you’re too fast for that. You walk around this school like a paranoid nervous kitten, which you are not. So start talking or I will go to someone who will give me answers.” She actually looked angry, and I know her threat is not an empty one.
I huff knowing there’s no way out of this, but I have to make her understand that she can’t step in. It just gets worse when people do. “Fine, I will tell you what you need to know and that is all. First you need to understand that what is going on is actually a controlled version of the situation.” She actually snorts at me, but doesn’t interrupt. «No, we cannot go to anyone, no adults, no teachers and will not explain why.” I looked around the room. I am convinced listening devices or cameras are planted. “There is one student who wants control of the school, and for the most part has it. I have gotten in the way on more than one occasion and I am a problem to be handled. This person has converted several people to that line of thinking. They clearly take their dislike out on me physically. But better me
than any of our younger students, who used to be the main focus. I have made myself the target. on purpose. This is my choice and it is not so bad that I can’t handle it.” I rush all of this out in a whisper, just loud enough for her to hear
“What about the guys? They would be pissed if they knew what was going on. You have become one of their favorite people and, in case you haven’t noticed, they are a little on the protective side. It’s actually kind of weird to watch you with them from the outside. They each show their protective streak in a different way, but it’s there and unmistakable. They would rip someone’s arms off for laying a hand on you.” She at least caught on to the whispering, but her voice was rising in a sort of panic.
“NO! Do not tell them anything. They know bullying happens in the school, it has for years, and they have never done anything to help control it.”
“But, it’s not just anyone getting hurt, it’s YOU getting hurt.
They would lose their minds!”
does the fact that it is happening to me make the situation different?” I can feel my temper rising. « I am not more important than anyone else. Anyone getting bullied is a problem, not just me because I’m the Beta’s little sister and friends with the rest ofthe guys. That is absolute bullsh* t!* I take a few deep breaths to calm myself. Sierra goes to argue some more, but I hold up my hand to stop her. Besides, I will not look like a weakling that has to run to her
big strong guy friends to protect her. No, absolutely not. And trust me that friendship hasn’t gone unnoticed, and is a current problem. I received a couple more love taps and a reminder to keep my distance very recently. Say nothing to them, I am trying to figure out how to make it stop, without putting anyone else in the crosshairs of my bully, but right now I have nothing and no one else could handle the level of brutality they dish out.”
“Huh.” Sierra says looking at me like it’s a big decision. I don’t break eye contact though. She’s not going to win this argument. I was dealing with this long before she got here. Fine, I will keep this quiet, for now, but on one condition.”
Wiat?” I know I’m going to regret this, but it feels good to be able to tell someone other than Delta Kyle. I give him even less details, I thought his wolf was going to force itself out when I confided in him the first time he noticed whip lashes on my back His reaction was on par with what I think my brother’s and possibly the rest of the guys’ reactions would be.
“I want to know every time it happens.”
