BLAKE’S P.O.V
Intense pain and guilt filled me as I forced myself to leave that room. I had zero plans of leaving her unattended but I knew that the wisest decision was to give her space. She would fall asleep soon enough considering how drowsy and sleepy she looked while she was speaking to me.
I waited the better part of seven minutes before I pulled the door open and sure enough, she had fallen asleep again.
I slowly made my way over to her and stroked her cheek softly. I have never had the privilege of seeing Amelia sleep. She is always awake and always running around and doing something that she always looked so stressed but in her sleep, she looked like she was at peace.
As I stroked her face, I couldn’t help but think about how we first met. She was grocery shopping and I was there with some friends of mine. We were being stupid and racing our grocery carts and I hit her with mine. Her bags tore and everything spilled and I will never forget the way she started apologizing to me and simultaneously crying over the groceries.
I had seen her around school before because I knew Brittany and I offered to buy her groceries back on the condition that she went on a date with me. She was stunned of course and she asked me if it was a prank and if it was then I could just lie to my friends instead of actually embarrassing her.
Something about her pulled me in that day and as I got to know her, I fell head over heels in love with her. She was the smartest, kindest and most beautiful person I knew and it hurt like a bitch to reject her on that balcony but I had to do it.
Before I started walking around with the cool kids, I was an adopted kid and everyone knew it. I was thin and lanky and all the kids would pick on me. It took years of masterful planning to get to where I am now and the thought- the idea of having all that power at my fingertips. No one will ever be able to hurt or bully me again.
I love Amelia but I need to have that level of support behind me and Brittany can give it to me. It is no secret that she is the favorite daughter. If she asks her father for the moon, he will string it on a leash and bring it to her. If she asks for every star in the sky, he will not hesitate before giving it to her.
If I mate with her then I am secured for life and that is something that my love for Amelia cannot guarantee me.
I looked down at her sleeping features and pressed a small kiss to her forehead. She stirred a little but she did not rouse and I hoped that she would understand and one day come to forgive me for what I had done to her today.
I knew my actions would make her life worse than it already was with the bullies but I figured that if I got the Alpha position then I could at least help ease the pain a little for her.
I stared at her for a minute longer before I realized that it was time to say my goodbyes. I reluctantly left the room to inform her father that she was now resting and I would be leaving but he wasn’t in the living room.
I made my way towards Brittany’s room hoping to see her there but she was not their either. I decided to roam the corridors as a last minute attempt to find them when I heard voices coming from a door.
I peeked in and saw Brittany and her father standing in the room. They were facing the other end so they couldn’t see me and I wanted to announce my presence but something stopped me from doing so.
“You did a good thing today Brittany,” I heard him say as he gave her shoulder a reassuring squeeze, “I would have never been able to come up with it myself; you are brilliant.”
“Thank you father,” I saw her preen at the compliment, “Blake is an attractive man and I wanted him so I thought why not get him? Amelia was simply an afterthought.”
“Did you slip her the pills today?” her father asked and my interest was piqued.
“I couldn’t father; she made breakfast and she didn’t leave the table once, there was no chance for me to slip it in.”
“That was irresponsible of you Brittany,” I had never seen or heard him scold her like he did, “Don’t you realize that you could have cost us everything today? She could have shifted from the amount of emotion she was in. If I hadn’t seen what was going on and shot her with a dart then she would have.”
I was instantly confused. I thought back to the balcony and how Amelia was writhing in pain on the floor. Looking back I realize that her posture and her moans of pain did remind me of when I was shifting for the first time and if that is true then why would they want to stop her and why would her father have hit her with a dart to prevent her from shifting?
If anything, they should be excited that she was finally about to shift. Her inability to shift has been the cause of contention in the pack for a while and it has cast some doubts on their family.
“I’m sorry father,” Brittany’s voice brought me back to the conversation. “I just thought it wouldn’t matter because we have given it to her every day for years. I figured that one day would not make a difference.”
“You know the truth Brittany, and you know how powerful it is,” he chided, “There is a reason we give her that poison every day and you were about to ruin it in the span of a few minutes.”
I had to slap my hand over my mouth to stop the gasp that escaped me when I heard the word poison. Thankfully, the duo didn’t hear me because Brittany still had her head cast down and her father was staring at her with a disapproving look.
How could they even think of poisoning their family so she wouldn’t shift? I knew that there were so bad blood lost between all of them but I had no idea that it ran this deep. I had no idea that they would do something as despicable as this to their family.
Amelia is the nicest, kindest person that I know. Everything that she does, she does with her family in mind and it would kill her to know that they have been doing this to her for years. I can only imagine the hurt and the heartbreak that she would experience hearing this. It has already been a terrible day for her.
I didn’t want to hear any more so I quietly slipped away and made my way towards Amelia’s room. I had to warn her about it. Even though I knew it would break her heart, I knew that she deserved to know that she was in danger. I just hated that I was going to have to be the one to break her heart two times in a day.
AMELIA’S P.O.VI woke up with a pounding headache. I looked down and realized that I was still in my dress from the party and that was when the memories slammed into me at full force. I forced back the tears that had gathered in my eyes and cursed when a stray one fell and I had to wipe it away.I am used to having horrible birthdays. One time, my father forgot me at home and took Brittany out for ice cream and cupcakes. When he returned and saw me, he dismissed me without apologizing and I cried for a week after that.This birthday however trumps all the bad memories and the bad birthdays. I knew Brittany didn’t like me so much but I would never have imagined that she would do something like this and take my boyfriend from me. And Blake- I thought he loved me and I was so sure that he would fight for me.Thinking about him brought another fresh wave of tears and even though I tried to fight them, they still fell. I was wiping away my tears when my door opened in a rush and Blake cree
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As I followed it I couldn’t help but think about how my life had taken such a drastic turn. A few hours ago, I was getting ready for my birthday and now I am following a bird through the trees. I found myself laughing despite the dire situation because of how pathetic it sounded. All of this is simply because my own sister decided to steal my boyfriend.The bird flew directly ahead of me and I tried my best to follow it while avoiding the trees to the best of my ability. I knew that by the time I was done with this journey, the car would be beat up and in desperate need of repairs but somehow I couldn’t bring myself to bother about that.I was trying to avoid a tree so I swerved to the right and into one of the wolves. I didn’t see him in time and I knew I wouldn’t be able to maneuver around him. He prepared to jump onto the car and I knew he would do it successfully but then the weirdest thing happened.Some birds flew down from the trees and simultaneously started to poop on the wol
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AMELIA’S P.O.VI heard laughter- it was loud and carefree, the kind that you made when you were around friends and you didn’t need to hold back. It was the kind that warmed you from the insides and I knew I had to find the source of it. I looked up to see father and Brittany. At first I doubted that the sound came from any of them but Brittany’s mouth fell open and the same carefree laughter filled the air.I looked around trying to see if I could recognize my surroundings but I couldn’t. From what I could see, we were in an open field. There were tall fruit trees all around us but mainly it was an open space of grass with a small water fountain at the edge almost completely hidden by some trees.I was on one end of the clearing, leaning against a tree with a book right next to me while father and Brittany were on the other end. He was holding a baseball bat and she was pitching balls at him for him to hit. She was horrible at pitching and sometimes she threw them too low or too high