Chapter 16

Chapter 0016 As soon as I sl*pped back in the car, I could tell Ace was even more pi ssed off. “What’s wrong?” “It’s Saturday! Club day! That is, if you feel up to it. “Emmy looked at me uncertainty. 1 “Let’s see how the evening goes.” “You can’t possibly be thinking about going tonight?” Ace was starting to get on my nerves. “I’ve gone dancing with a broken foot. How is a few ribs worse than that?” He didn’t respond but sped the whole way home. Emmy looked back and forth between us but kept her mouth shut. As soon as we pulled into the packhouse, Ace jumped out and took off. Thankfully, Emmy grabbed my dresses and we went up to my room. “What is with Ace?” “Apparently he caught feelings for me and is struggling with the idea we may not be mates. He wants me to be hanging off him and to chose him regardless.” “He said that?” Emmys mouth dropped. “Not in so many words but yeah. He told me he has feelings. We agreed we would stop if someone had feelings but he never told me.” Opening my salad, I dug in.

“We all see it. How did you not?” “Maybe I turned a blind eye. It was something I looked forward to in order to get over An n. Honestly, I used him for a distraction and that’s f ucked up. My only defense is he knew that going into it. It was only make out sessions. Nothing more.” Guilt flooded me. “What’s with Alec?” Emmy asked rising her eye brows up at me. “Nothing. He’s a play boy and only has training for alpha on the brain.” I didn’t feel like telling her about the k*ss. “Alec or Ace?” She held up both hands like I 1 was suppose to pick one. “Six more days and the Moon Goddess will pick for me.”

“Girl, Friday is your big birthday bash. Saturday is your fight. Then the following Saturday is prom.” “Whichever dress I don’t wear to my birthday, I’ll wear to prom.” “I think you should wear the red. Make a f u cking statement.” “An n will love that…” I said as I rolled my eyes. I had finished eating my salad and waited for Emmy to be done. “I’m done. We need to head out?” “That we do. I want to ride.” I needed the wind in my hair. “Can you ride?” “We will find out.” Emmy jumped up, I took my time. My mood was lightening up… That was until we entered the foyer. An n was yelling at some poor maid. From what I gathered, she missed the vacuuming. SLAP! A nn smacked the girl, causing her to fall to the ground. “An n!” I couldn’t help myself. “Colt, get to the foyer. An n struck the maid.” I mind-linked him. “Coming” he replied “Oh look, it’s the pathetic daughter. Have you done your chores yet?” A nn rounded in me. “Leave her alone, An n.” Colt, Jacob and Jasper busted in the front doors. His voice was dangerous as he walked up and stood in front if me. Jasper grabbed Emmy and pulled her away as Jacob grabbed me. “This doesn’t concern you. This brat needs to be taught to not interrupt what doesn’t concern her.” An n looked at me as spit flew out of her mouth. “You know you are not allowed to hit the staff.” Colt stated in a dangerously calm voice. “Just wait, he won’t be around forever.” An n muttered as she walked off. “Is she always this way?” Jasper didnt let up on his grip he had in Emmy. “Only towards me. I look too much like our mother.” Jacob let me go and took a few steps back. “Where are you ladies going?” Jacob asked. “I got a few tattoos booked. Emmy was going to help me since reaching above my head is still sore.” I

said looking at Jasper. He nodded. “That’s okay. We are finishing up a few things here.” “I want to go to the club tonight.” Emmy looked up at Jasper and batted her eyes.noveldrama

Chapter 17

Chapter 0017 Jasper looked at Colt. “I’ll talk to Alec and let you know. Rogues are getting restless and after last night…” “We dont have to dance… Just sit and have a few drinks. Relax and get away from here…” Emmy motioned towards the door An n walked out of. She made it sound like I needed to get away. What she didn’t know, was I was going to be sneaking out regardless. Even if we didn’t go, I was going to go for a midnight run. It really didn’t matter to me one way or another. “I’ll talk to Alec.” Jasper repeated. “You girls need a ride?” Colt asked. “I want to ride.” I told him. Colt frowned but didnt say anything. “Thank you.” Going up to him, I gave him a hug. “Any and every time.” He muttered. “Wear a helmet. I’ll be by to visit.” Jasper said to Emmy before k*ssing her goodbye.

“I will! Thanks for the concern!” I yelled a Jasper before laughing. I walked out without even looking at his reaction. Emmy came running after me. “You know I love you!” Emmy wrapped her arm through mine as we made our way to the garage. “I’m a very lovable person.” Some may not agree but I thought so. “Here.” Emmy put my helmet on me before I got on my bike. After she did the same, we started our engines and took off. At first, my ribs protested but at this point, I welcomed the pain. It felt so nice to have the wind in my hair that I almost missed my turn. “You feeling okay?” Emmy asked as we pulled in our parking spots. “I could use a five hour ride.” There was sarcasm in my voice but I wasn’t joking. “That would be fun!” noveldrama

Unlocking the door, we walked in. I loved this smell. It was the smell of freedom, independence and happiness. “I’ll get the ink for you.” Emmy called out. “Thanks!” Grabbing the rest of the stuff, I was ready to go with thirty minutes to spare. “Why can’t anyone show up early?” +15 BONUS “It’s okay. I have a few things to do. Actually, I have a list of things I am going to have you do while I work.” “Oh?” Emmy wasn’t my assistant but occasionally I forced her to be. “Yup. Easy stuff. Just call these people and verify everything is going according to schedule. Email these people with the correct information and balance the checkbook for prom. Here are the last of the feceipts.” “Girl…” “Please?” I fluttered my eyes at her. “I will allow you to….” “Oooh, just give me an IOU. I want to hold out and cash it in when I need to.” S hit. “Fine. I’m going to regret this.” My first client came in so I got to work on him as Emmy got to work on the emails. My first client had a low pain tolerance so its taken multiple small sessions to finish this. Today was the last one and I was so excited to finish this one. He wanted one of my drawings. It was of a sword with a pair of eyes from a wolf reflecting with blood dripping off it. The shading was very delicate work but it was looking amazing. “Let me clean it and then you can look at it.” Smiling, I was really happy with the results. Spraying it, I was able to gentle wipe it clean. “Alright. I’m going to grab my camera. You can go look.” 1 Alec and Jasper walked in. “What’s up, beautiful?” Jasper leaned on the counter at Emmy. She immediately blushed which made me roll my eyes. Grabbing my camera, I went to take the picture. “That looks good.” Alec came over and looked at my tattoo. “Thanks. Kris is a great artist.”

“Thanks, Matt. You know what to do. We are all finished.” Looking at my picture, I was satisfied. “Bye!” Matt walked out of my store. “What do I owe this pleasure?” I sighed and looked at Alec.