Lost alpha (COMPLETE)

Chapter 3

He slowly stood us up, towering over me but continuing to hold my gaze. He then raised his hand softly stroking and cupping my cheek. I unconsciously moved towards his touch, leaning in, wanting to feel the warmth radiating from his hand. He then leaned down, placing a soft kiss on my forehead and cheek before looking into my eyes again. I nodded to his unvoiced question to continue and once I did, his lips met mine. And when they did, it felt as though electricity was running through me, not painful but as if my whole body craved his touch. Slow and soft at first, his kiss was loving and tender, but once I began to kiss him back, it turned. He moved his hand from my face to my lower back, pulling me closer as his kiss deepened. Suddenly I felt his tongue enter my mouth, tasting every inch as if he had been waiting and yearning for the moment.

This was intense.... too intense. Suddenly, I realised what was happening. I didn’t even know the guy and here I was alone, kissing him? Sure, it felt beyond amazing, but maybe all kisses felt this way. Since this was my first, I didn’t exactly have anything to compare this to. He pulled back, placing his forehead on mine and closing his eyes. This was my chance. I slowly pulled away and once free, went running back into the crowded party.

It took him a moment to register what was happening before I heard him quickly following me. “Aubrey” he called. I spotted Izzy and Serena. I quickly grabbed their hands and had them running through the crowd with me. “Aubrey” I heard him again but further away this time. Once we made it to Izzy’s car, the look on my face must have told them what was happening because neither of them questioned me, quickly getting in and driving away. I looked back to see him running out of the house with Will close behind and then Sebastian and a few other guys. They were all looking around, as I slid down the passenger seat hoping they hadn’t seen me. As we turned the corner, a small voice in my head said to me “go back, he needs us”. As I sat up again, I breathed out a sigh but then I heard a long sorrowful howl which brought tears to my eyes. Now I was truly going crazy.

Once we were on the freeway, I turned to see Serena and Izzy staring at me. Without a word from them, I started unloading what had just happened from the stare, to the garden, his touch, to the kiss and the intensity that had made me run as fast as my legs would carry me. Once I was done, Izzy gushed over how she had never had a kiss like that, but maybe she would if it was Sebastian. Serena looked as if she was deep in thought, not knowing what to do with the information I had just given her.

Just then, we pulled up beside my house and I saw my mum standing there. If looks could kill, I would be six feet under. As I walked up the driveway, I looked up at her and the first thing I noticed was her normally hazel eyes were now a deep brown, almost black, maybe she had contacts in? “ROOM NOW!” she boomed before lowering her voice to an angry whisper “And don’t even think of asking to go anywhere, school and home, that’s it! Understand?”. I submissively nodded, giving a small wave to Izzy and Serena, walking back towards the house.

Sunday had gone by quite uneventfully, my mum and I were now on speaking terms... just. I could see I had hurt her going against her but I could also see that she saw my point of view as well. As we now drove to school, I turned on the radio hoping to break the silent tension. I scrolled through the stations looking for music instead of ads and that’s when our song came on. ‘Scrubs’ by TLC, an “oldie but a goodie” my mum remarked. We danced and sang as we drove. The tension quickly changed into one of our characteristically quirky and laughter-filled times and I could see she had forgiven me. I would miss this, I only had three days left at school and although I was more than ready to leave the essays and studying behind, I would miss this time with my mum. As we arrived, I was greeted by Serena, giving mum a quick wave. We walked into school together.

Since we had already completed our exams, our time left at school was relatively easy going, all I had left now to do was complete my portfolio. I said goodbye to Serena and bypassed the common room, heading straight to the art studios. Once there, I started working on one of my wolf pictures, adding in the last few highlights around his nose, lips and eyes. I don’t know why, but my portfolio this semester was almost solely pictures of wolves. Previously, I had enjoyed more landscape pieces but now couldn’t bring myself to draw anything else.

The next two days of school passed like this, spending my time in the art room, putting my final touches on my pictures. As my final day drew to a close, I handed my portfolio in to Mr Drake, hoping I had done enough, and headed out to the common room. I hadn’t been there in days and it was now near empty as the students had started to get ready to leave this all behind. I looked around and found Serena packing up her locker. I started to walk towards her but was interrupted when I felt a hard pull on my wrist spinning me around.

To my shock, it was Sebastian. The man had never looked twice at me. What did he want with me? Before I could ask, Serena stepped between us, grabbing my wrist also, “let. her. go.”, she calmly but sternly said. Sebastian looked back and calmly but seriously said “ You know I can’t, he has ordered her brought to him. But please be my guest if you want to go tell him no”. Serena looked defeated as she turned to me. “ We have to go with him, I know this is confusing but I will try my best to explain on the way”, she said softly. I nodded, I trusted Serena and if she said we needed to, then it must be important. I knew my mum would be here soon to pick me up so I sent her a quick text, “my art piece is taking a bit longer, Serena will drop me home later xx”. Her reply was simply “okay, don’t rush and tell Serena thank you xx”. I felt bad about lying to her, but after Saturday night I knew I had to. I looked back up at Serena, “okay, let’s go”.