Chapter 108
Claire's POV
I wake up, my mom yelling at me that I need to go to school. She doesn't know what happened yesterday and if she did she would have made me stay in my room forever.
I put on a pair of leggings and a T-shirt. I really pray whoever it was yesterday stays quiet about my predicament. I hope my parents and Carmen have told enough people the truth about what happened between me, Lawrence and Tara that no one at school will mention anything.
I throw up my grey silvery strands, running my hands through the silky texture. I sigh staring into the mirror at my grey sleepy eyes and pale skin. Last night I was so sleepy I don't even remember falling asleep. I turn and look at my bed, my phone tangled into the sheets.
I gasp at the sight and a flashback from the night before replays through my head.
"I know what you are"
The voice and words ring like an alarm in my ears. I know that voice...but it can't be. Fear pumps my heart to dangerous speeds at realisation and I run over to my phone and scroll through the recent calls. I almost don't believe the name on my screen. But who else could it be. It's her. It's Tara. Tara was the wolf who saw me. She's the person who called me last night and confirmed she knows I'm a black wolf. The prophecy. She's the only one, besides her Grandmother, that knows what that means. I don't even know what it means. What is she going to do with her information? Is she going to tell people? At the thought my heart lurches and my breathing falters.
I'm almost knocked off my feet at this revelation. I have to see her now. I need to know if she hates me so much that she'll ruin my life. I grab my bag and walk out of the house, no one saying anything about it as I pass my whole family. I hope this won't take long, I still need to get to school.
The morning air is cold, it cools off my flaming body. I'm angry at her. I'm angry that she is so furious over something I had no control over. I'm angry she knows about me. She had to have either followed me or found me. Now she's dangling me from a string because she knows my secret.
A fog sets across the grassy ground, every time I take a step towards Scars house the fog lifts and forms around my steps. I'm going to go see Tara's Father first, I'm hoping he can tell me about how she's feeling towards me therefore seeing if she'll tell my secret.
I stare determinedly two houses over, her house in sight. I hear someone calling out my name and I almost don't want to stop, the fire inside me fuming.
"Claire! Claire!" They call over and over but I keep moving, my steps hard against the ground
"Claire stop!" He yells and finally I do and turn to him
He runs over to me and I stare at him
"what Lawrence? What do you want? I thought you weren't supposed to talk, or even be near me" I say loudly
I only notice now a lot of people are running around and most staring at me and Lawrence "it's Tara" he says ignoring me, his brown eyes worried and frightened. His dirty blonde hair is rugged and messy, skin under this eyes dark. His skin in general looks paler than it usually does, his outfit is throw together and unmatched.
My eyebrows pull together and I frown a little
"What about her?" I ask
"She's gone, she's disappeared!" He says running his hand through his hair and pulling roughly
My eyes widen...I don't know if this is good or bad "hold on Lawrence, what do you mean she's gone?" I ask holding his hands down from pulling at his roots
"She's gone, I went to go check on her at her grandmothers house but Ava said she left a note saying she was leaving for a few days to run a errands! What does that even mean?" He says
"I don't know maybe she really is running errands" I tell him but he shakes his head
"No trust me, she's gone and I don't know why or where she's going!" He yells
"I'm her fucking mate! And she left me because she pissed about something I had no control over" he growls-join the club
Why would she leave? She just found her mate and found out the biggest secret of my life. It would be more effective to tell the pack. Why would she leave?
"I've got to go, I have to go find her" he says in a hurry
"Listen maybe you should call her or ask her dad" I tell him
"I did, I did! But her father says he doesn't know where she is and she won't pick up her phone" he looks around frantically
"Hold on, when did you find this out?" I ask
He shakes his head and try's to take a breath
"Not five minutes ago, I ran right here to tell you...when was the last time you spoke to her?"
Her words from last night echo in my head and I shutter
"last night"
His eyes widen and he gasps "she spoke to you? What did she say? Did she tell you where she was going? Did she tell you she forgave you?" He asks all in a rush, his hands on my upper arms, shaking me
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"No Lawrence she said-" I cut myself off before I speak. I have to come up with a lie, I hate to do it but then he'll know too
"all she said was goodbye and then she hung up" I tell him, making sure to look him dead in his worried brown eyes
"Fuck!" He yells
"where should I go? Where should I look?"
I hold on to his arms
"Lawrence just calm down...." I too try to think about where she would go
"Why would she wake up and leave?"
"I fucking can't!" He says angrily and throws my arms off of him
I frown and my heart sinks a little
"Lawrenc-"
"What's going on?" A voice booms across the area and makes me shiver
Both me and Lawrence turn to him, for a second I forget what's going on as I take him in. He's wearing a pair of dark jeans hanging low on his hips. He's pulling a shirt over his head as he makes large steps over to us. Eventually he pulls the black material over his god like sculptured chest and my stare falters.
His eyes are dark as he stares between me and Lawrence. I see Bryat and Lena walk out of his house, both of them looking confused as they follow Martin.
"What's going on" he repeats as he stands a foot away from us, his eyes zeroed in on Lawrence, eyebrows furrowed.
Lawrence doesn't back down from his state like most
"it's would leave?" He asks me and I shake my head
"No, honestly. She hates me right now...she wouldn't have told me anything" I tell them and he nods, looking away and thinking hard Tara, she's gone....our old alpha would have never let one of his wolves go missing" he growls, eyes shifting up at his alpha
Martin's eyes widen and I gasp deeply. I can't believe he just said that. Martin's breathing becomes dangerously deep and heavy
"It will do you good to never speak to me like that again" his voice is deeper than anything I've heard, it echoed throughout my body and I take a step away
"if you do....you won't like what happens" he growls
"Than tell me where my mate is" Lawrence snips
"Lawrence stop" I say quietly, seeing Martin fume with anger with each word Lawrence says. They stare at each other, neither backing down, their stares becoming so intense.
Bryat runs up to us and inches his hands in between Lawrence and Martin, pushing them apart "hey now, lets cool down" he says calmly
Lawrence backs off from the stare off, not being able to stare into the eyes of his pure blood alpha for too long.
"Tara isn't gone, I would have heard from my guards. No one leaves or comes into this pack without me knowing" Martin says, his tone still rough as he stares down Lawrence
I feel Lena come up next to me and she wraps her arms around mine
"are you alright?" She whispers, eyes calm but worried
"Yeah, yeah" I nod and smile, she returns the gesture and holds me to her
"Then we must search for her" Lawrence says, now in a frantic tone. No longer angry but scared.
Martin says nothing and Bryat turns to him
"Martin" he persists
He looks over to me, almost like he wants to know what I think. I know I shouldn't care about where Tara is, she hates me and maybe she's just trying to stay away from me. No matter how bad I want all of this to disappear I have to speak to her again. I nod to him and he looks me over a moment, debating, but bows his head. His action surprising me.
He sighs.
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