3-3 “Are you kidding? Everyone knows you’re here. Sam practically melted everyone’s mind shouting it over the link.”
Kota laughed at me.
“I’ll have to figure out where we are all staying. I didn’t even think about being this close to the pack. We weren’t sure what these guys had planned.”
“You have been gone too long. Your team will stay at the packhouse, like all important guests.”
“Okay, that works. I’ll talk to Mateo about my room at the Beta house. That is if my dad hasn’t converted it to something else.”
“Again, are you kidding? You’ll stay in your room at the packhouse. No one has touched it since you left. We actually all kind of avoided it.” Kota looks pointedly out the window so I can’t see his face. “Umm, Okay. That works, as long as we aren’t in your way. Like you said, I’ve been gone a long time. I’m sure things have changed, just let us know if we are in your way, or anyone else that is in the packhouse now.”
We pull into the driveway and a hot pink clad figure is standing on the porch tapping her foot. I take a deep breath. This should be fun. We all pile out of the truck as Sam and my brother unload the rogue and Oliver pulls up on
the curb with our SUV.
“What’s going on out here? You boys are never home in the middle of the day.” Her dramatic gasp is audible. “What the hell is she doing here?! I thought you kicked her out of the pack.” She snarls at me. My wolf raises her hackles and I let a small growl rumble out of me. “I have been training with the Elite Warriors…”
“Don’t lie to make yourself sound better. You aren’t old enough to be an Elite Warrior and you’re a weak little second born Beta, who can barely defend herself.” She steps towards me, a smirk on her face. I’ve never called her out on her treatment of me in front of the guys and she’s never been so blunt in her hatred. She probably thinks it’s because she scares me and the guys won’t do anything..
I move to step forward, but Kota wraps his arm around my waist and Cam steps in front of me.
“Might I remind you that you are a guest in the packhouse out of courtesy. You need to show respect to our pack members and our guests.”
Lillian and Jena walk up beside me, flanking me, looking stern but not unpleasant.
“This is the b*tch that has been messing with you isn’t it?” Lil links the two of us.
“No way! This skank? Please can I punch her in the face?
She looks very punchable.” Jena chimes in. I
“No, she’s still a pack member. We can’t just beat her up
because we want to. You need proof and a cause. She’s the worst kind of trouble” I replied, a little defeated.
How is it that these two, like Sierra, picked up on the animosity between Kaley and I and no one else has a clue?
Our discussion is interrupted by a blur of motion in the form of Luna Ava flying at me from the front door. Dakota jumps away from me, just barely out of his mom’s path as she reaches me and pulls me into a bone crushing hug.
“Oh, my sweet girl! I’ve missed you.”
“Luna Ava, you act like you didn’t just see me a couple weeks ago.” I laugh into her shoulder.
“You were safe then. No one was chasing my girl, no one was trying to take you from us again.”
“Luna Ava, I thought we were going to start going over plans for our fall celebration party.” Kaley tries to bring attention back to herself.
Luna Ava squeezes me tighter and whispers into my ear. ”
I’m sorry, this can’t be avoided or helped. I will explain later.”
“We have had a change in plans due to some activity at one of the borders. I’m sorry Kaley.” Luna Ava looks me in the eyes as she pulls away from me, takes a deep breath, schools her face and turns around. “We have a meeting with the Alpha that cannot wait. Skylar, where would you like your prisoner? We need to deal with him quickly so we can get his information to the right people. And we need to get you and your friends settled in their rooms and then you can tell
me what you want for dinner. Lucas will be so excited to see you, we just didn’t get much time at the castle, you were so busy with your work with the Alpha King.” She wraps her arm around my shoulder and guides me inside, Jena and Lillian following behind.
I don’t know what they did, but Kaley let out a growl as we passed. Nothing more was said until we were all the way upstairs on the guys’ floor.
Luna Ava looks around before heading to my room, like she’s waiting for someone to jump out and say boo. She leads us to my door after than and grabs the handle gently and slowly, like she’s afraid to open it.
“Please dont be upset at the state of it. I would have had everything put back to rights if I had known you were coming today.”
“Huh?” She opens the door. It looks like someone has been Camping in here and all the guys scents are all over the room. “I thought Dakota said they all avoided my room, what is all this?”
My bed is perfectly made, but there are piles of blankets everywhere. It looks like after a party and everyone sleeps wherever, too drunk to drive home.
“Hmm. Well, don’t believe a word of that. Those boys have all been kind of lost without you and Sierra round. They actually have a rotation of who sleeps in here, but none of them touch your bed or your closet trying to preserve your scent.”
