Chapter thirteen

Chapter thirteen - Disappointment

"No tree, it is said, can grow to heaven, unless its roots reach the hell."

[ K A T O ]

I rushed through busy halls, in hope that this is the day. I hope, that things will finally change.
To my disappointment, when I reached the locker, it still was the same. Nothing has changed, nobody has bothered to come close and open it.
I sighed in annoyance.
It's been two weeks since he left.

When I met him that day, I swear to the Goddess herself that I couldn't take my eyes off from his tall figure. The way he acted at first, not bothering to spare even glance at me, it set my mind on fire. Who the Hell he thinks he is?
Then again, I was so angry, I couldn't think straight.
After all, he forced himself on me, when he marked me. Again, who the Hell he thinks he is?
Nobody has tried to explain a thing.
I've tried to talk to his mother a couple of times, yet all she gave me was a cold shoulder.

I leaned against his locker, catching a weak glimpse of his scent and sighed.
I guess I'll never know.

"Hey Kato, you're good there?", Brent, my supposedly Beta to be, spoke from behind of me.

I muttered weak "yeah" and made my way to the school cafeteria, where everyone leaned their heads, in submission. I rolled my eyes at their gesture, way too annoyed to repeat myself, for the millionth of time, for them to stop doing that.

I grabbed a burger from lunch lady and smiled at her, afterward sitting down at "our" table. Which originally was meant for me and me only, but Brent, his friends, and few seemingly popular girls decided to accompany me since they "didn't want for me to feel lonely".
Almost everyone in the pack knows about him now, about mysterious Vampire male, who ended up to be man, because of whom I was sent away. Hidden from pack, family and any kind of danger possible.

"Any plans for the weekend?", for my dislike, one of the girls broke the comfortable silence.

I just shrugged my shoulders and focused all my attention on lunch I was having, while they had started an eager discussion about the upcoming party.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not quite a dorky person, yet I prefer spending my time on training rather than drinking my health away while labeling it as something cool.

"Kato you're coming, right?", Brent broke my bubble of thoughts.

"Hmm, let me think... No", I answered rather quick and kept munching on a burger, which honestly tasted as if it was made in Heaven.

"Come on, it'll be fun. Some other packs are joining, everyone's eager to meet you, after all, it's been years", he pleaded.

"No", I shouted in anger and stood up, leaving the whole cafeteria silent.
Lately, I've been surprised by how easy I lost my cool. It's like I've been dancing on the edge of the cliff, letting my emotions decide will I or rather not fall off of it.
I looked around the cafeteria.

Everyone narrowed their eyes down, afraid of consequences coming after daring to defy their Alpha to be. I threw the remains of burger in a trash bin as I stomped out of the enormous room in anger. For the first time, I let the beast inside of me to go wild, I gave up. She has been trying to break me down and let her show everyone her "power". She loved the idea of superior energy surrounding us, making everyone else bow before us.

Damn those popular kids...

I mean, I understand that they're trying to brighten my mood, they're just trying to make me feel better, but the party is the last thing on my checklist, for sure.

Instead of taking the remaining classes, I decided to go home. Mom and dad are probably chasing after each other again, but it doesn't matter.
I'm way too eager and focused on answers to my questions. I want to set things straight and make the right decisions, we're talking about my future after all. Well, not only mine. His also.
But seems like he doesn't care. He doesn't care at all...
The thought of him being this reckless does leave some impact on me. I would lie if I'd try to say that I'm not upset or sad. I am. But I'm also furious, for living like this. I don't want to be the clueless woman, who has been left in the shadows, anymore. I want to know his reasons, I want to know why he's acting like this. And most importantly, I want to know why does he have to hate me so much, when I never asked him to tie our fates together in such a terrible way.

After reaching the mansion, my family and I called home, I made my way straight to the living room and screamed out of the top of my lungs.

Mom and dad came rushing into the living room, their eyes clouded, their wolves on the surface.

"Pup", dads wolf growled.

"Dad", I answered casually. Both of them had mixed facial expressions - shock, fear, and anger altogether.

"You both may give my parents control back, I have serious matters to talk about, no time to waste", I clapped my hands eagerly, the same as I did when I was just a child. Warm smiles plastered on their faces, both of grown-ups visibly sinking deep into memories about things I used to do.

"We're listening", my mother spoke after their little moment.

"I want to know", I stated and sat down on the couch. Dad raised an eyebrow and mom suddenly looked distressed.

"So?", at this moment I did try to come up with best puppy eyes ever (as funny as it sounds).

"You want to know what?", dad tried to pretend that he doesn't understand what exactly am I talking about, even even though all of us knew. Way too good.

"Stop acting like a fool, dad. We all know you're not that clueless and you, out of all people, know exactly what or to be more precise - about whom am I talking now", I groaned, rolling my eyes at them. I swear both of them can be such children sometimes. There are days I feel like I'm the only sane person in this house or even the only person who's mature enough to talk about important matters, rather than playing around.

"You see, sweetie, it's not our place to tell you anything. We do hope you understand", my mother suddenly spoke.

"The Hell no! I deserve to know, we're talking about MY life and MY future. I have to know, you can't just leave me in the dark when the whole situation has been built around me. You can't just tell me to wait for someone, who might hide away forever, while I stay clueless about what should or should I not do. This is unfair and immature", I kept going on, letting all my anger and frustration out.
Just as I was about to proceed with everything that has been nagging me lately, making all of my nights mostly sleepless, voice laced in authority spoke.
No, it wasn't my dad...

"I'll explain, on one condition", it was him. The man, who could give me all answers I've been terrified of, yet weirdly excited about.

"What's your condition then?", I asked, already intrigued in what is it. I mean, he can ask for a lot of things, yet since I haven't taken the responsibility for the pack, I'm still nothing more than Alpha's daughter. I'm broke, I don't have a job, I don't own anything, except the motorcycle I've been given on my birthday. Technically I'll be broke until I'll take over the pack, that is IF I will decide to.

"Reject me", he simply stated. His voice didn't hold even a glance of emotion. He was as cold as any other bloodsucker would be. Not that I'm surprised, all of them are the same. They don't have feelings or emotions. Hell, they don't have a heartbeat. Talking about emotions here, hah...