Chapter 31

Reggie was in 3 of my 5 classes, Chemistry, English and Calculus. He was turning out to be a sweet guy but his flirting was getting a little annoying. Since our daily class schedules were different every day, we had English before lunch today. It was another boring lesson on Macbeth and the assessment associated with his tragedy. After class, I asked Reggie to come to sit with us for lunch. Matt gave me a weird look but didn’t say anything. He excused himself to go find Natalie and Esther. I knew he wanted to warn them that I was purposely getting myself into trouble.

I walked Reggie to our table and just like Matt, Ethan gave me a weird look too. Reggie introduced himself to everyone and walked to the lunch line with Ethan to get food. He even offered to bring me some lunch but my darling brother had beat him to it.

“Are you trying to create problems between you and Clark?” Ash asked once Reggie and Ethan walked away.

“What? No! Since when is being nice to someone a bad thing? He’s  new and I’m being polite”

“He wants to get into your pants, Alex. Do you really think hanging out with him is a good idea? How would Clark feel?” Esther asked. She and Natalie had been updated by Matt as I expected.

“Seriously guys chill! So many guys have tried and nothing happened. I’ve hung out with lots of those guys after they’ve made a pass at me. So what’s the difference now? At least Reggie is giving me attention. Clark could careless! Fucker is staying across the corridor from me and still won’t even say hi. So fuck him!” I replied and picked up my burger.

I looked up and on cue, Samantha and Clark walked into the cafeteria. Samantha had her arm linked to Clark’s and they were both laughing about something.

“Exhibit A. The happy couple” I pointed them out to Matt, Ash and the girls. They all turned and gasped at the sight.

Reggie and Ethan came back and looked at the 4 idiots staring at Clark and Samantha.

“What’s so interesting?” Ethan asked and I pointed it out to him too.

“Wow, she's hot. Who is she?” Reggie asked.

“That’s one of the juniors English teachers and our Calculus teacher. Looks like they are going to the school’s  next power couple” I rolled my eyes. Anger bubbling in me.

“Well, they do look good together. It’s like watching 2 models walking down a catwalk.” Reggie said and chewed on his pizza.

He was right, Samantha and Clark did look good together. Kona growled at me and was fighting to get out so she could go rip Samantha into pieces. Fuck I wanted to go rip Samantha into shreds. She had her hands on my man! I calmed Kona and myself down and closed my eyes. My lungs started to hurt a little and it felt like my heart was cracking. Watching Clark so cozy with another woman was hurting me.

Reggie leaned back and put his arm around my shoulders and pulled me a little closer.

“You know what, we could look like them. Be the school's power couple. I’m sure we’d look much hotter. You by yourself are sexy as hell” Reggie winked.

Ash gagged and stuck his tongue out. “Please man, stop. That’s my sister”

I laughed and so did Ethan. Matt and the girls on the other hand had serious looks on their faces. I ignore them and carried on eating my burger. My phone buzzed and I pulled it out.

Clark had texted me.

**#why does that guy have his arm around your shoulder?#**

I rolled my eyes and replied

**#oh so now you wanna talk to me? What barbie not interesting enough?#**

I looked up and Clark was staring at me. The teachers had a table adjacent to ours. His eyes flicked to his phone and then back at me.

**#She broke her heel on the way to the cafeteria so I gave her my arm for support. What’s your excuse?#** he texted back.

**#I don’t have one. You enjoy barbie and I’ll go enjoy Reggie ;) #**

I watched Clark read the message. He looked at me with angry eyes before putting his arm around Samantha’s shoulder and pulling her closer and whispering something in her ear. She giggled shamelessly and gently hit Clark on the arm with the words “you naughty boy”.

I was enraged! All I wanted to do was walk over to their table and yank Samantha away from Clark. I closed my eyes and hit the table with my fist, attracting everyone’s attention.

“What was that about?” Matt asked.

“Nothing” I picked up my bag. “I need to go get my books for the next class. I’ll see you guys in calculus”

“Want me to come with you?” Reggie offered.

“No, thanks. I’ll manage.” I replied a little harsher than needed. Okay, he was getting a little clingy.

I needed to cool off before I did something stupid. The hallway between the cafeteria and my locker had a row of empty old classrooms. This half of the school was pretty old and was used more for storage than lessons. I walked into one of the classrooms and slammed the door shut behind me. First, he doesn’t want to talk to me, and now he's more interested in that bimbo barbie!

It was dark in the room. The windows had been boarded up and there were little rays of sun shining through small gaps in the boards. I paced around the room with the need to hit something hard. Maybe I should go home, anymore of this and I will probably flip a switch and change in front of everyone.

As I contemplated what to do, I heard Clark’s voice echo through the hallway.

“Why did you let her wander off? Couldn’t you have gone after her?” He said.

“She’s a big girl dude. I can’t control everything she does. Besides, it’s your job to go after her, not mine. I don’t know what’s going on between you two and I can’t really help if I don’t know who’s side to be on” it was Matt’s voice. They were talking about me.

*Matt, I’m going home. I don’t feel too good. Can you cover for me please. I’ll let Principle Green know. My keys are in the locker. I’m going on foot.* I didn’t wait for his reply and just cut off the mind link.

“Oh, fuck. She’s gone for a run. Kona must be really annoyed.” Matt said out loud.

“Shit! Okay, I’ve got 2 more classes and then I’ll head home to see her. Maybe I did push it too far” he said as they both walked down the hallway. It made me a little happy that he admitted he had gone too far.

Once they were gone, I snuck out of the classroom and headed for my locker. I stuffed my bag and keys in there and sprinted out the main doors and into the woods. I walked as further away from the school as possible before I changed.

I let my bones crack and Kona took over straight away. She was angry with me. She kept pushing me to mate with Clark and to forget about the stupid rules we had made but I couldn’t be the rule breaker. Kona sprinted through the forest dodging trees jumping over rocks and fallen branches.

It was a nice day for a run and I embraced it. I pushed Clark, Roy and all the pack dramas to the back of my mind. In the last few weeks so much had happened that I hadn’t even stopped to think about all the pending jobs I had piling up at HQ. I needed to call Henry and make time to go this week and get some work done.

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn’t realise Kona had actually brought us to the lake. We were standing exactly where the attack happened. I looked around and saw the marks still on the ground  from where I had thrown the rogue. Kona went up to that patch and sniffed it. There was another smell on it besides the rogues. I couldn’t figure out what the smell was but either it was the rogues human smell or someone else had been here after that incident.

I knew the smell of all the warriors and perimeter runners. It didn’t belong to them, so who else had been here?

Kona walked over to where I had decapitated the rogue in the forest. The smell was there as well. In the exact spot, I had ripped his head off. So someone had come here, someone we didn’t know, but how? I needed to tell dad.

Kona bolted for the packhouse as soon as I thought those words. She obviously knew something that’s why she brought me here. I didn’t worry about asking her right now, we just ran home as fast as we could.

It was around 4:30 pm when dad and I finally got back home after inspecting the perimeter. Dad wanted to make around himself to check if there were any loopholes in our boundary that was helping someone come and go. Shiloh had put the spell up so no one should have been able to cast a spell to blind us.

As we walked across the lawn heading into the house, Clark’s car pulled up the driveway and parked near the garage with the other cars. His car windows were down and I could hear females giggling from inside. I looked at dad who had a funny look on his face.

“I’m guessing you two haven’t kissed and made up yet?” He asked me looking towards the car.

“No, we haven’t. Right now he's more interested in barbie than the big bad wolf.” Clark was playing with fire.

We stopped to watch Samantha get out of the car. She straightened her tight dress, grabbed her stuff from the back seat and walked towards the pack common housing. Clark got out of his car and started walking towards the house when he noticed he had an audience.

I rolled my eyes and didn’t even bother to question him. My head had started to pound from anger. Without another word, I walked into the house.

I heard dad say to Clark “a word of advice young man. She has her mother’s patience. There will be a point where she will pack your bags and tell you to fuck off mate or not”

I didn’t hear the rest of their conversation. My blood was boiling and I was keen on hunting Samantha down. I walked into my room and slammed the door shut behind me. I grabbed the first thing I found, throwing it against the wall smashing it into bits. I thought Clark already admitted he had taken things too far. Then what was all that with Samantha in his car!

I heard Clark and Ethan talking in the corridor outside our room. He said something about seeing him in a few minutes and I heard his footsteps get closer. I switched on the silencer in my room and opened the door just as he got to it. I pulled Clark into the room and slammed him against the door, locking it behind him. The force that I used to slam him against the door, left the door rattling a little.

“Can you please explain what the fuck your problem is?!” I was angry. “Are you really keen on seeing a headless barbie? Because I can arrange that! She won’t be so giggly and happy after I’m done rearranging her body parts!” I was fuming.

Clark looked surprised by my actions but wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me to him. I struggled a little and tried to push him away but he pulled me closer. “Really? So you're allowed to get jealous but my feelings don’t matter? That pretty boy sitting next to you with his arm around your shoulder, what was that? For someone that claims she is my mate, you sure do like to get attention from other males. I know you're very desirable but you forgot that I’m not far off either. It hurts me as much as it hurts you, Alexandria!” His voice was more menacing than sweet.

He was holding me really tightly. Our faces were less than an inch away from each other. I stopped struggling and looked down at his lips. His scent was blurring my thoughts and I was calming down without even trying. The warmth of his body was warming me up in all the right places.

“I don’t want anyone else, Clark. I want you. Just you. I need YOU. I want to see that panty wetting smile you give me, I want to feel the touch of your hands on my bare skin, I want to feel the touch of your lips on mine. Fuck I want to feel your lips on every part of my body” I cupped his face and gently stroked his cheek with my thumb. My body was pressed up against his so tightly it was suffocating but pleasurable. I gently moved my hips and letting the front of my jeans rub his crotch area. He let out a little groan and closed his eyes. I could feel a bulge in his pants.

“Please, just once, put out the fire burning between my groins. Please baby” my voice was low and I could hear how husky it was. I wanted him bad. I moved my hand from his face and ran it through his hair, grabbing a fist full of hair and pulling his head down so his face was low enough for me to touch his nose with mine.

He opened his eyes and his beautiful grey eyes were burning with desire. He was as horny as I was right now. The growing bulge in his pants was evidence.

“Alex....”

I didn’t wait for him to finish. I smashed my lips into him and he immediately responded to the kiss. He grabbed the back of my head and held my face in place. Tilting his head, he licked my lips. I eagerly opened up for him and he deepened the kiss. There was no gentleness to our kiss, it was all passion and urgency. Our tongues danced in union and I let out a little moan.

He let go of my head and his hands moved down to my butt. He squeezed them hard and lifted me off the ground. I wrapped my legs around his waist tightly. He walked over to my bed and laid me down. Clark finally broke away from the kiss and started kissing down my neck. He balanced himself on his elbow and knees and hovered over me. I started unbuttoning his shirt and once I got to the last button, I pulled his shirt over his shoulders and Clark quickly pulled it off and threw it on the floor.

His lips felt amazing on my skin and it left my skin burning for more. The burning sensation between my legs was intensifying as well. I could feel how wet my panties were getting and it was making my insides fuzzy.

Clark kissed across my jawline and down to my ears, capturing my earlobe between his teeth and gently nibbled on it. He let go of my ear and kissed down my neck. Gently blowing on the parts he was sucking on. I ran my fingers down his back, feeling his soft skin. When he got to the base of my neck, he moved my t-shirt aside to kiss down my shoulder. Suddenly Clark sat back up, pulling me up with him. He grabbed the hem of my t-shirt and pulled it over my head, throwing it to the ground and captured my lips again. The sweetness of his lips was something I could taste for the rest o fmy life. 

I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him back down so we were laying on the bed. His hand went behind me and I felt him unclip my bra.

He pulled away from my lips and kissed back down my neck. I grabbed a fist full of his hair and groaned. He sucked and nibbled on my neck and went further south. His hands slowly removed my bra and tossed it to the side. My nipples had gone hard already and Clark looked up and smirked at me. Both his hands went on my boobs and he squeezed, raising my nipples even more. He covered one with his mouth and sucked making my waist buckle. He rolled his tongue around my nipple and gently blew on it making it even harder. I moaned and grabbed the sheets as pleasure coarse through me.

My body was like a live wire, every bit Clark touched was sending shocks through me. Clark nibbled on my nipple and pinched the other one with his fingers. Without even thinking, my hips were grinding on his crouch. He groaned a little and moved to my other nipple, sucking and nibbling on it. One of his hands slowly travelled further down and stopped at the edge of my jeans. He opened the button and I heard the zip coming undone.

He pulled himself up and looked at me, cupping my face. his eyes burning with desire and lust. He gently stroked my cheek and bend his head to kiss me softly. 

“Baby, you sure you wanna do this?” He asked after pulling away from the kiss.

“I’ve never been more sure” I pulled his face back down and kissed him hard.