Undying Love

Chapter 2

We finally found a table in the middle of everything we sat down and were shortly joined by Hope balancing a tray full of food.

"Okay I got something of everything since I was in the mood for everything and sharing is caring." Right.

"So are you ready?" Zoe asked me smiling a smile that never meant anything good; it transformed her face from evilly sexy to terrifyingly sexy if that makes any sense at all.

"For what?" I asked nervously, frowning at her, but it was Mya that answered me.

"You're introduction to the school body, our style."

"I guess."

"Oh you're so sweet, I could just lick you." Zoe winked at me. Who says that?

"Okay where to start? You see those three girls over there we call them the airheads, they are very vain and isn’t all their upstairs."

"The fact that they all dye their hair blonde is just a cruel accident." Zoe joked.

"Okay this is the hierarchy of popularity."

"First you have your talkative friend, Owen Xandros, we already told you about him you remember dominant, possessive and not nice. None of which is bad at all. We call him the Alpha." I saw a flash of recognition and a smirk by all of them, like some kind of inside joke.

"Anyway with him you have his possessions, our wonderful slutster. She qualifies for the categories of bimbo you know pretty, but empty headed. All she ever focuses on is Owen. They have been together a while now, but she'll never truly be his queen bee." Zoe finished only for Mya to continue.

"Next are Owen's friends. First you have drop dead gorgeous Nathan Pearce. Total asshole though, but that is what makes him so hot. His nick name is K9."

"What is he good with a gun?"

"Yeah, but his nickname is cause he is good with his teeth." Oh Canine, not K9.

"But he is the best gunman you can find as well it's a double sided nickname." Hope informed me.

"It's that guy over there the one with the brown hair and creamy light brown eyes and amazing abs."

"Down girl." Hope scolded which got her a glare from Mya.

"He is a total player, stay away, far away." Zoe warned.

"He falls under the Bastard category, since he falls under every girl that looks nice in a short skirt." So far we have the Alpha, bimbo and bastard. What a sum up.

"Next is our brother, Daxton. He is a total man w***e, and the twin of Valeri. Category: Dickhead, you know unpleasant and annoying. He is that guy right there." They pointed at a guy with very light red hair almost blonde; it looks like a strawberry blonde.

"He isn't as red as the rest of you."

"Yeah mom said Valeri stole all the red and left him almost nothing, thus her mahogany red hair and his strawberry blonde." Mya explained to me.

"She was even selfish as a fetus." Zoe continued. Harsh.

"Then you have your next level which consists of Ryker and Colt." Hope chipped in.

"Ryker is my brother. That's him over there." She pointed to a guy with black hair and light grey eyes.

"He classifies as Nice, don't ever repeat that though. Category: whipped, badly. He started dating Daphne when she was like 12 and he was 13, she is 17 now and he is 18. They have a little girl; she's a few months old." I’m not going to judge, I don't have the right too.

Flashbacks

"Seriena, we got the test results back and you don't have any illness that we picked up on, you are still as healthy as ever, but now you are caring for two." I frowned at the doctor.

"You are pregnant." My heart stopped. I can't be pregnant; I only slept with Jake twice. He is human, what will my father say? I won't let him hurt my baby...I’m going to be a mom.

That b***h thinks she can get Jake by pouring her drink on me, oh hell no. He is mine. I love him too much to lose him to a tramp. Not to mention I’m pregnant by him.

I thought of the most sexy neon hot pink sweetheart cut dress and pink pumps and they appeared. I quickly got dressed and made my big reappearance.

The slut's face made this tight dress so worth it and Jake's expression made it even double worth it. I’ve never felt so much love with just a look. It made my heart beat 100 times faster and off beat. Which gave me the courage to pour the drink out over her.

I finally got out of that tight dress; Jake was in the kitchen making us some hot chocolate.

We sat down in front of the TV, my head was on his lap and he was playing with my hair. I don't ever want to move, this is so nice. Just the two of us, me in baggy clothes curled up with him on a couch. Him pretending to watch television while he is actually watching me.

I reached into the sofa and pulled out the envelope, handing it to him. inside is a sonar photo of our baby that is just a small dot. He frowned when he opened it and then he was confused. When he looked at me I started freaking, what if he doesn't want the baby? I felt the tears sting at my eyes. That's when he bend down and kissed me.

"Seriena you need to relax all this stress isn't good for your baby." He was being nice. I’m a total mess; I haven't stopped crying for less than 10 minutes. It's only been a month, but every night I go to sleep my heart aches and then I dream, such wonderful dreams that when I wake up and I realize it was just a dream I shatter all over again.

I just want Jake back. He wasn’t supposed to die.

I’m in a new doctor’s office, he has examined me and has taken a fairly good look over my health records.

"You are doing great, your baby is healthy as you saw on your sonar. She has quite a kick though." A girl? I’m having a baby girl. The tears streamed down my face. Jake we’re having a daughter.

End of flashbacks

"Earth to blue!"

"Sorry." I shook my head trying to shake the memories away.

"I know it's a bit weird for teens to have a baby, but... Are you okay?" Hope asked me.

"I don't think it's weird. They seem to be in love. Excuse me I don't feel so well, I might have eaten something bad." I got up taking my bag and started walking away.

"But we haven't even eaten anything!" The twins yelled. As soon as I was out of sight I started running right into the forest, since it's the least likely place to actually to be bothered.

I just need some time alone, I feel like I’m suffocating. The tears started streaming down my face. I ran for what felt like  an hour before my legs were too tired to go any further and it's there that I fell to the ground I crawled to a tree and pulled my legs tight against my chest.

There are just so many memories. Everything around me just triggers them. All they do is torture me, they are subtle reminders of what I can't have, what I will never have. A scream broke out of me. A scream filled with anger, sadness, frustration and guilt.

Owen's POV

"So what can you guys tell me so far?"

"We don't have anything."

"What!?" I growled at them. How hard can it possibly be!

"No one knows anything." Nathan tried this time.

"Do you honestly expect me to believe that the two of you couldn't find anything?!"

"Calm down, Owen. This is what we do know, but it's pretty useless."

"Her name is Sapphire Evan she is 17. She is in the same class as the demons spawn. They even have the same combination except for one period and she is good in running, she beat all the girls. Made it to level 10 of the bleep test."

"Is that really all you could get in 3 periods?"

"Yeah, when she was asked to introduce herself all she said was her name and surname. No one knows her or anything about her, she doesn't have any family here, so we have no idea where she has been staying or with who. We have had people listening in on her all day, she doesn't even speak that much, she keeps to herself and she hasn't given out any personal information that is useful. We know she was home schooled at one point and her family is rich, but she mentioned these things casually and as experiences she had when she was younger."

"What and who the hell is my Mate?" She is a mystery and I need to crack it. We all walked to the courtyard and took our places. I feel so frustrated  I just want to go for a run, I want to feel the ground under my paws as I push off going faster and faster until I’m so tired that I just pass out on a patch of wet grass somewhere.

Then I spot her, just walking looking around, but to me it seemed so much more like she was walking there just to please my eyes. All problem with this picture being that she was holding hands with the two demons of our pack. I love them, but it's so easy to hate them too. They do their own thing, I’m not sure I want that kind of influence on my Mate.

They sat down and were joined shortly after by their hippy friend. I don't know a lot about her, since she doesn't make trouble for the pack, but I bet there is a different side to her since she is able to keep up with the twins.

I watched…stared intently at her as they started talking to her and now I know what Nate and Dax meant she didn't talk a lot, but by the look on her face she sure did think a lot.

It's clear on her expression, clear to me since I’m staring like a creeper. I listen in as they explained everyone’s place in the school, I hated that they paired Valeri with me, while I should be paired with her. I looked over to Valeri and she smiled at me kindly, when things are like this it isn't that bad and I know I’ll miss it. Valeri and I have been dating since we were thirteen, so five whole years. it's hard to think that five years means nothing when it comes to our mates, it's strange that I don't care at all. Those five years just seem so useless when I look at my mate.

Speaking of my Mate something seems to be wrong, her whole mood shifted, she seems to be a million miles away. Her whole expression is pulled up in pain. The girls got her attention and she made an excuse and left. She just gets stranger and stranger. And more appealing, I like a bit of a challenge. I got up and walked over to the table she just left. I could feel Valeri's eyes watching me. I sat down between the twins and in return the hippy girl got up.

"Where are you going Hope?"

"I’m HOPE'ing to skip this conversation." She smiled at them before leaving. So her name is Hope.

"Hello."

"Owen." They said simultaneously.

"Do the two of you know how beautiful you look today?"

"Come on Owen tell us something we don't know."

"Like why you haven't claimed your Mate." I looked at Zoe who just smirked evilly at me.

"How did the two of you know?"

"Please that's baby stuff, you made it obvious." Mya answered me taking a bite out of an apple.

"When has our precious Alpha ever walked up to a girl and kept pushing, even though she made it clear she isn't interested."

"And not to mention the way you got your pets going around asking about her."

"Or the way you stare."

"More like glare."

"What not use to rejection?"

"Is she bothering you?"

"Getting under your skin?"

"In an irritating way."

"You want her, don't you?"

"You want to push her against the wall."

"Forcefully sinking your canines into her..."

"Sweet white skin."

"Making her yours."

"Forever." They made turns whispering the word sensually into my ears. The images played in my mind and the idea was way to appealing. I shook my head quickly.

"Stop it!" I growled at them and they started laughing.

"Oh come on Owen we're just messing with you."

"Yeah and it's not like anything we said wasn't true." They love playing mind games and they are really good at it. Manipulation is definitely their strong point. And seduction.

"So speaking of my mate..."

"Actually we were speaking about you and your needs."

"You want me to say it."

"Yes."

"Very much." Zoe let the words slip slowly, her lips curling into a seductive smirk.

"Fine, tell me about my mate?"

"Since we like you, I guess that will do."

"Your politeness needs some work, though." I rolled my eyes at them.

"She is a shy person, we can feel it, but something or someone had an effect on her. It got her to be a bit more social."

"But she doesn't want to be. She isn't interested in friends or relationships. She seems to be very much protected."

"She definitely has walls to keep people away. It's almost like she doesn't plan on sticking around for long."

"Yeah and her emotions are really hard to read. All we've been able to see is confusion and now a burst of emotion. it was like every emotion one can feel flashed through her in seconds."

"She was probably remembering something important."

"Must have been very important." Mya said dismissively.

"And that's all you've got, come on don't hold back girls."

"She is really fit, we have never seen any human so fit, she out ran us."

"You know our family is the fastest runners in the pack."

"Also when she walks it's very graceful, she doesn't drag her feet."

"When she sits, she doesn't slouch."

"She is very well taught."

"Do you think she is a vampire?"

"No, we would have noticed that. She mentioned coming from a rich family."

"But why would a rich girl be so quiet, why would she be alone? The news would have been plastered with her picture if she ran away or went missing." I thought out loud

"All that is very true.” They both agreed.

“So you guys think she is hiding something?"

"No she isn't hiding anything, she doesn't have this big secret, we think she just lives in today."

"What?"

"We don't know."

"Okay that's all just stuff you observed, what about things like where she lives?"

"We don't know." I’m so sick of that answer, it's everyone’s answer.

"She didn't mention going home or unpacking or even invited us over, but for the right prize we will find out for you."

"What do you want?" Negotiations with the twins is one of the most dangerous things in life.

"You know what we want; it's what we always want."

"No."

"Fine! Excuse us." They both said before starting to get up.

"Wait!"

"Yes?" Again both spoke, their blue eyes staring down at me.

"Anything else, I promise."

"No deal!" They sighed out of annoyance.

"I order you to tell me." I ordered in my Alpha tone. They froze and looked at me

"Like we said Alpha we don't know anything else." Then they walked away. I hit the table.

"At least I don't give you so much trouble like the women of my family." Dax said as he came to join me, if only that was true.

"Have you heard anything else Dax?"

"Nope, but Nate might find something. He went to check her locker since the halls are empty. He'll be back anytime now."

"Good and did you sort out the Paul problem?"

"Yeah, I told him to back off. He knew to listen." We fell into a silence while waiting for Nate, but I could feel that Dax was building up to something.

"Owen?"

"Yeah?"

"Val is my sister and well I don't want to see her hurt. I know she is a b***h, but she really loves you and I don't think she wants to lose you. I think she will be heartbroken if she lost you. You know my opinion on Mates so I was wondering what the chances would be at you rejecting this girl." I looked over at Valeri, when she saw me watching she looked away and tried to smile at her friends, but I saw how worried she was.

"Honestly Dax, I don't know. This girl makes me feel things I haven't felt in a very long time, maybe even ever, it's nothing like people describe it, and it is so intense. Even if I would want to reject her I don't know if it would be possible for me. Yet again there is something about this girl, some secret and it might be a deal breaker, so I don't know what is going to happen. I don't want to hurt your sister. I do love her." We fell back into silence until I saw Nate coming closer.

"So what did you find?" I asked the second he was in hearing distance.

"Almost nothing. You know how a girls locker is like their purses. it has everything they need and is decorated with photos and crap."

"Yeah sure I’ve seen Val's, she has photos of us plastered all over it. Not to mention it’s like a beauty salon in there, I’m amazed that she even fits books."

"Well Sapphire's has nothing. Her schedule was pasted inside and then it held her books. I almost left at that moment, but decided to dig a little more. I know girls like doodling so I started going through her books, not even one mark in them, but underneath the last book I saw a small black purse. inside it were a key and some money. I counted and it's a lot more than what she needs at school. Between the money I found a slip. it's for all the things one needs for basic living. it's from a few towns away."

"She travelled with nothing and has only now bought things?" He nodded at me.

"For what was the key?"

"I don't know but I took a photo of everything, let me show you." He dug out his phone and flashed through the photos.

"Dude how don't you know that key?" Dax said amused.

"What you know it?" I growled at him.

"Of course I do, remember a few months back that pack was here, well the Alpha had that hot daughter, that he kept bragging about."

"Yes and the point is?"

"Well she wasn't so innocent; she got us a room at the motel at the edge of town and slipped me the key. it's the exact same one."

"So you're saying that my Mate lives in a motel?"

"Yeah.”

"Of course you couldn't just have said that; instead you had to show off."

"Well that girl was a prize."

"She was a w***e, she made out with me in the forest. She just wanted to be used.” Nathan said shaking his head at Dax Just then I heard an ear piercing scream, not one anyone else would be able to hear since it is so far away.

Sapphire!

I jumped up and started running. I followed her scent to the edge of the forest, what the hell was she thinking going into the forest alone. I ran in and as soon as I knew I was completely camouflaged I shifted, into my wolf.

Sapphire POV

I lay down on the clammy grass, my hands over my eyes. I’m trying to just calm myself down. I can't go back until I have reached complete calmness. I just feel like screaming again. it felt nice, but even being in the forest I’m afraid someone will hear me and the last thing I want to be labeled as is the weird freak in school, that would only pull more attention. I took my hands off my face and stared up at the sky. I sometimes wish I could be a bird and fly away, any animal actually they have so much freedom.

There was a growl behind me and it made me jump up, from the edge of the trees came a big, a very big pitch black wolf. He growled at me once again, this time it was a fierce growl, that came from deep inside of him, his eyes fixed on me. His very sharp teeth on show, as yet again another growl came from him. it gave me goose bumps and made my heart beat faster.

This must be his territory and I’m most likely intruding. That's too bad cause I was here first and I’m not leaving, until I feel better, I mean I’m still crying' a little, sniffling. And my eyes are all red.

"If this is your territory I’m sorry for intruding." His answer was a much louder growl. That's just mean, he started stalking towards me, but I stood my ground. I few steps away from me he stopped and this time as fast as I could I closed the distance and placed my hand on his head, my finger disappearing between his soft black fur. He froze; I swear he didn't even move his eyes. I knew it was a bad idea to approach a clearly furious wolf, but I believe if you don't hurt animals they won't hurt you.

"Listen, I know you might not understand anything I’m saying, but I’m not having a good day and I really just need to take a little break from society. So please stop the growling and deadly stare and just let me stay, just until I feel better." While talking I started to pet him. He shook my hand off apparently he didn't like it. He gave me a look that looked like defeat, as if he was giving in. He walked closer to the edge of the forest and lay down, looking at me. Clearly he will share, but he won't give up this space.

"I actually didn't want any company, but as long as you don't change into a human, I guess its fine." He seemed so shocked. He glared at me, it almost seemed like he was squinting his eyes.

"Urg don't look at me like that!" I moved away and went to sit against a tree trunk. He was still staring at me so I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. I wiped the last tears from my cheeks. The sun was lightly heating my skin through the leaves. I took a deep breath and just relaxed. it was harder than I thought since I felt him watching me. So I looked back at him.

"You are making it hard for me to relax, Mr wolf." He growled at that.

"So you're not that old yet, fine Wolfie, yeah that's better."

"Do you want to hear a secret?" He lifted his head from his paws.

"I guess that's a yes. I’m glad you found me instead of all those humans. They would have never just let me be. Can you imagine how it would have looked if they found me out here crying on my first day? Well to be honest I don't really care as long as they don't make me the centre of attention, I just want to blend. in the nature it must be easy to blend. Everything and everyone has its place. The trees stand tall having the sun on them, while their roots hide in the coolness of the ground. Each plant is where they belong, those who need sun in the sun and those that needs shade like moss, are growing on clammy wet shady surfaces. Fishes are in the water and birds are in the sky. They just belong." I saw him crawling slowly, a bit closer to me.

"Like you belong here, and I guess I don't I belong in society. I just sometimes need an escape. Do you know what I mean?" I swear I saw him nodding at me.

"Wolfie you are a great listener. I guess it's because you can't speak." This earned me a growl.

"As in words, and you can't tell my secrets." He was a little closer now, but every time he noticed that I saw him moving he would stop.

"So Wolfie, now you know my excuse for being out here alone, now why are you alone?"

"Are you a lone wolf?" Growl, guess not.

"The leader?" He nodded. Wow I didn't imagine it.

"Too much on your plate and also needed an escape?" He nodded again.

"Someone challenging you?" Growl.

"Too much wolf work.” Growl.

"A she wolf?" He nodded but seemed unsure.

"Well relationships are just trouble." He stared at me again.

"Okay sometimes it's nice." He crawled a bit closer.

"You can stop pretending!" He froze again, eyes big.

"You can stop crawling and just come on over, I won't bite you, you're too fury." He glared at that, but got up and walked closer to me, once again I closed the distance by crawling to him.

"You have trust issues, Wolfie." I softly scratched behind his ear and he seemed to tense before relaxing.

"I knew you liked it Mr. tough guy." He gave me a small growl. A while later I leaned against him closing my eyes letting the sun bake me. Now this is nice.

I felt wetness against my cheek and opened my eyes to notice the wolf licking my cheek. I also noticed it was pitch dark.

"Damn it! Thanks Wolfie." I got up and dusted myself off. Its night I fell asleep. I looked around at the edge of the forest, I’m not sure which way to go, and I don't want to use magic for such a stupid small thing.

"Wolfie, can you maybe show me the way out, I think I’m lost." He got up seeming a bit lazy. I guess he fell asleep too. He strutted right pass me and into the trees. Wow moody.

"Look Mr. moody, if it was still daylight I could have found my way, myself, but it's dark! You know what I can find it myself!" He stopped and watched me as I walked past him. I turned left and he growled, I turned back and went right. I won't let him win. I know it's dangerous casting in my head, but I don't have a choice now, I’m being challenged by a wolf.

'Wind and water that surrounds me assist fire to light up the earth I need to walk on to my car.' Please oh Pretty please don't let an actual fire start.

'Wind, water, fire and Earth I call thee upon my eyes only." That must do it. I felt my eyes tingle and then I saw a yellow spot on the ground. As I started to walk the spots increased showing me the way, it was like someone was shining a light on the ground. The big black wolf following me kept quiet as I made my way through the thick forest, until I reached the parking lot. I turned to him and like a child I exclaimed.

"See I told you I could find my way out, without your grumpy ass’s help, but it was nice hanging with you Wolfie." Oh hell I’m talking to a wolf like he is human, I’m totally insane, but yet he does understand me and he can nod.

"Okay, bye Wolfie." I turned and walked away. I dug out my car keys from my pocket and unlocked it. As I drove out the empty parking lot, my eyes travelled towards the forest edge. My eyes caught the golden green eyes, his dark fur camouflaging with the darkness of the forest. As I kept driving down the street I felt his eyes follow the car.