“That’s crazy! I’ve never heard of a connection like that before.” Mina said.
“Me either and weird sh*t happens all the time around here.” Sierra says. “I’ll ask mom and dad about it and see what they have to say. I wonder if Alpha Reggie knows about the connection between you six?”
“I don’t know, but we can talk about that later. What are you going to do for your birthday since you have visitors?” I ask, not really wanting to discuss the guys. It just makes me homesick. And I feel bad if me getting my brand affected them like that.
“Just one visitor. We couldn’t all leave. We are still investigating the breach and the information we got was accurate. There aren’t any rogue camps that we can find for now, but there are indications that a few camps were on the mainland close to the waterline surrounding the island, meaning they were watching us. We just can’t figure out why they left.” Sam looks at me with sadness in his eyes.
“Your information came from Midget here, she put the pieces together and you have a very good idea why they left and you just don’t want to say it out loud.” Mina says, looking from Sam and Sierra on the phone to me.
“What?!” I ask looking between Mina and the phone.
“Those rogues are following you, Midget. They left when you did. Tyler and those guys didn’t even care about inviting me on the run, they were waiting for you. Now we need to know why.” She is serious and I can see the fire in Sam’s eyes.
“You have college guys waiting for you and following you?
You need to come home Little Bit. We can’t protect you when you are out there putting yourself in danger.”
“Don’t start! I am a warrior and that is excatly what my job is. Iam not this little thing you need to keep in a locked box.
We called to talk to Sierra on her birthday, we are not turning this into a ‘put Sky in a bubble’ conversation. “You’ve all tried that before and it backfired on all of us. Now Sierra, back to my question, do you have plans for the day?”
“Nothing officially planned, no. Sam surprised me last night and I think my parents want to have dinner, but I think we are just going to hang out and relax today. But, Sky, he’s not wrong, I’m not saying go home. I’m the last person to tell you that, just watch your back now that we have made some connections, okay.”
I roll my eyes and hand the phone to Mina, grab workout clothes from my dresser and head to the bathroom.
I can’t have this conversation anymore and my best friend is taking their side which she never does. I left my pack so I could grow and get better not to become afraid of some other bully. Like Oliver, I need to workout my frustrations or I might break something. I change into a sports bra and shorts and throw sweats over them. I pull my waist length blonde hair in a ponytail.
I really should trim it at some point. I just don’t ever think about it until I’m frustrated and just need to get it out of my face quickly. II walk back out of the bathroom to grab my headphones and Mina hands me my phone. I looked at the screen and she ended the call. With no words she holds up a finger to tell me to wait a minute and she goes to change as well. This is why I keep her and Lillian and Oliver so close.
They just know when to drop a topic that is setting me off and help me work through the physical aggression so I can then talk about and work through the problem. She doesn’t even hesitate, just changes quickly, grabs her music and we both head out, jogging to the gym to get our warm-up over with so we can just move to weights when we get there.
