Becoming part of the Griffin family (COMPLETED)

Chapter 8

After we finished dessert, my family piled into the living room as Laura and I helped mum clean up. Once we were done, I hugged Laura and mum goodbye, excusing myself to go see Jacob.

I messaged Jacob and he met me at the pack house's front door. I hugged him tightly, “Take me somewhere” I pleaded. He leaned back, smiling as he asked “Where?”. “Anywhere”, I sighed, getting into his car. After we drove for a while, I became curious, “where are we going?”. “Jacob’s rock” he smiled, still staring at the road ahead. I chuckled a little “You still remember that? We haven’t been there in forever”. “I am it’s king, how could I forget it?”. I punched his arm “king? Pffft I swear you cheated”. “I would never”, he responded sarcastically, but my smile feel as his goofy smile reminded me of one I loved more. Judah's.

When we reached our special place in the woods, we sat on our rock and talked. It was great to talk so freely with someone. I had felt a lump in my throat throughout dinner, keeping secrets from my family not sitting well with me. At least I didn’t have to lie to Jacob too. Jacob was actually surprised by what I told him, making me doubt Judah’s honesty even more. Jacob shrugged, dismissing me, “ Maybe he just isn’t that way around me”. I frowned “or maybe he’s trying to play me”. Jacob shrugged again, “ Can’t be sure”. Jacobs' face went blank and I knew someone was linking him. I hadn’t got the hang of that yet, being so newly eighteen and it was apparently one of the tricker things to learn. He sighed and looked back at me with an annoyed face. “He's looking for you”. I rolled my eyes as I sneered “so?”. “No angry and looking for you." Jacob corrected, " Apparently you didn’t tell him where you were going”. “That’s because his not my master!”, I retorted bluntly. Jacob smiled. “ He says if you don’t come back now he will come find you. I will skip over the rest but he's not happy with me either”. “Why? What did you do?” I asked, half knowing the answer. Jacob gave me a knowing look. “ You know what I did. I hung out with you. Alone”. I sighed, laying down on the rock, “ This is why I didn’t want a mate. I haven’t even accepted him and he waltzes around acting like he owns me”. Jacob jumped off the rock and grabbed my hand, pulling me down too. “ We’d better go or he will get even worse”.

We drove back and when we arrived I went to give Jacob a hug goodbye but he stopped me. “Probs not the best idea, his already f*****g seething and I kinda like my head attached to my body”. I scoffed “you‘re his brother for f**k sakes”. I hugged him tightly and kissed his cheek for extra measure. Jacob smirked at me and sighed “thanks for that, now I need to hide for the next week”. I shrugged, getting out of the car and walking towards the door I shouted back “I’m not changing because he doesn’t approve. I’ll see you when you get out of hiding”. Jacob waved before quickly driving off.

I reached for the door only to have it slam open in front of me. I scoffed and walked past him. He growled, slamming the door closed behind me. “Where the f**k did you two go and why is his scent all over you?”. I rolled my eyes. “I hugged him and he's your brother, calm down”. “We agreed no touching while you’re unmarked” Judah said sternly. I scoffed in reply, “I repeat his your brother, not to mention one of my best friends”. I could see he was trying to control his anger as he sat on the couch and pointed towards the nearby chair, “sit with me?” I went to say no but then he added a word I never thought I would hear him say “please?”. I sat with a sigh “what?”. “It doesn’t matter he’s my brother, I still feel the same about him being with you, touching you, being alone with you”. I nod “I get that. But I’m not going to stop seeing him. His one of my best friends, second only to Sabrina”. “Okay, but the alone part, was that necessary?” he asked calmly, still looking down at the floor instead of me. I was taken back by how calm he was talking, especially when I could see the anger seething beneath the surface. I didn’t answer, so he asked another question, “and your ‘stress relief’ at your parents, necessary?”. “Now that was necessary”, I replied sarcastically with a shrug “I was stressed”. He closed his eyes, calming himself again. They were still closed when he asked “ Do you think it’s funny to tease me? To play with me?”. Opening his eyes, finally looking up to me, he continued “I was surrounded by YOUR FAMILY and I could hear you moaning, pleasuring yourself. They would have thought I was so f*****g rude excusing myself mid conversation to make a non-existent phone call”. I simply watched him as he spoke. “And then” he continued, “and then you come out in that little outfit” he said, motioning to my body, “knowing exactly what you are doing to me. Then you have a chat with your mum, checking in to see what she thinks of me, giving me a little hope that maybe, just maybe you were thinking about giving this a real try. But no. Then I go into the living room and you disappear without a word. And go hang out with an unmated wolf looking like that”. “I’m sorry” was all I could reply and I truly was, when he said it all from his point of view it seemed so cruel. I had meant to just be teasing him but had obviously taken it too far. He was surprised by my words but stayed silent, looking surprised and puzzled back at me. I went to sit on the couch next to him. “I really am. I wanted to tease you, not torture you”. He stroked my cheek softly and I closed my eyes, enjoying the warm fire that tingled across my skin. I felt him stand next to me and I looked up as he kissed my forehead “goodnight beautiful”. Hope was howling in my head to go after him, but what could I say? I wasn’t ready for anything more between us, but it also pained me to see him looking so defeated. I went up to my room and whispered goodnight as I snuggled into bed. I read for a while and eventually fell asleep, my mind filled with thoughts of him, and only him.