The Alpha’s Untamed Human

Chapter 6

Instead of walking back to Emma’s home, the girls decided to go to their favorite spot, next to the small lake in the gated community. Emma, Peter and Taylor used to spend all their free time by this lake with the neighborhood kids Jeremy, Marta, Mary. They would play, sit, dream about the future. Until one by one, most of them left. Mainly the girls as they met their mates and had to leave with them to their community.

As they were walking, Taylor could not discard the weird feeling that they were followed. They were in the small forest heading to the lake when Taylor shoved Emma behind a tree with her hand on her mouth signaling that she must remain quiet. Emma looked at Taylor with inquisitive eyes trying to understand what happened to her friend.

In the silence of the forest, they both heard twigs and footsteps coming closer.  They waited a minute or so, until the stalker passed next to them, sniffing the air. Taylor did not have time to analyze why the guy was sniffing like a hunting dog. She quickly went for a jab cross, punching him with her left arm first then quickly following with a right arm punch. Once he fell, Taylor hovered over him and gave him a series of punches on the head to incapacitate him.

 “Stop. Tay stop… this is Liam's man.” Yelled Emma as she tried to grab her friend’s arm.

Taylor looked down and recognized Car Lover. What the hell is he doing here. She did not have time to ask as she heard more footsteps coming their way. She raised her head and saw a man running to catch up with them. Taylor realized that those are the two people instructed to escort Emma to Idaho.

“Car Lover no one told you that you shouldn’t sneak up on women like that?” Lectured Taylor as she stretched out her hand to pick him up

“I wasn’t sneaking up. I was just following you for protection” replied Car Lover with his hand on his bloody nose

“Excuse me? Protection from whom?”

“Now that Emma is the Lu.. I mean the soulmate of Liam we need to make sure she is not in danger”

When the second man reached them and saw his friend all bloodied, he grabbed Taylor by her collar and raised her up to his eye level. Taylor feet were no longer on the ground and she was gasping for air. This man was huge, and she needed to think about her next defensive move because she will not be able to take him down like she easily did to Car Lover.

Before she could devise a plan, Emma & Car Lover both grabbed the man’s arm and told him to let her go.

He instantly dropped Taylor as if she were a disposable trash bag, looked at her with disgust and pointed his V-sign fingers at his eyes then turned them and pointed them at Taylor, signaling that he will be watching her. After what Taylor considered a dramatic pause, he turned to Car Lover

“Are you ok man?”

“Yes, I’m ok. it will heal fast”

“How the hell did you get beaten up by a human. A woman human!”

“Hey! I can hear you, you big bag of muscles!  I’m standing right over here!” yelled Taylor offended.

The man did not even acknowledge Taylor and continued talking with Car Lover

“She deserves a lesson. I can beat her up for you”

“Are you crazy. The instructions were clear. Did you forget them already!”

“Gentlemen, could you give us some privacy please? I don’t have much time before I will have to leave, and I would like to spend them with my friend” Emma addressed them softy.

“Yes of course Luna” they both said and moved a few feet back to give Emma & Taylor more privacy.

“Wow what was that? The Rock is your bodyguard now Emma?” Said Taylor to try and lighten the mood.

They both laughed and moved to sit by the lake.

“Emma ... I am doing my best. I really am. But I am not feeling this. He is moody, bipolar at best. Maybe a psychopath. He has two people following you to report on your every move.  Something is wrong. What is happening? “

“Please Taylor let it go. Can’t you be happy for me?”

“Of course, I would go to the moon for you, but I don’t feel it!”

“It is just because I am leaving that you feel this unrest. Do not worry. We will stay in touch and I will visit you often” explained Emma as she gave her friend a side hug.

They sat, side by side, looking at the horizon, too emotional to talk. After what seemed like forever, Taylor sighed and leaned back on the grass, crossing her hands behind her head for support.

“First Marta, then Mary and now you… Why the women must leave with their so-called mates? Why can’t your mates move here!”

Emma rolled her eyes.

“Don’t go all feminist on me now Tay! Liam is the manager of his community and he has multiple companies established there. He cannot move”

“Well you have a job here too; yet you are moving”

“I am an employee; it is not my company. You know it is different Tay”

“yeah whatever”

“Don’t tell me that if you had finally found the man of your dreams, you wouldn’t move across the country for him if needed”

“If all the right boxes are checked, yes I would probably move. But not before securing you a dream job right where I am moving. Or even better finding you your dream man so you have another good excuse to move with me” said Taylor winking

“Oh, why didn’t you tell me this earlier! You want me to find you a nice guy in Idaho. I am sure Liam have some single friends I can introduce you to” replied Emma smirking.

“Hell no! I have seen the type of men around him. During the Ball and just now.  Dates would be organized in a boxing ring” laughed Taylor

Emma laid on the grass next to Taylor, both looking at the sky, reminiscing all the good memories they created right here, next to this lake.

They sat there for hours, reminiscing and laughing while Liam’s men looked at them from the distance. When the time came to head to her parents’ house, the girls stood up, looked one last time at the lake, and then walked hand in hand back to the main road heading to the Jackson’s house.

The rest of the morning went by as a blurry dream for both Emma and Taylor. They finished packing, sat down in the Jackson’s backyard all five of them cuddled up. There was no room for words. Emotions were raw, love could be felt in every embrace, in every look.

At noon, they all walked hand in hand to the car where Car lover & the Rock were waiting for Emma.

After hugging everyone one last time, Emma opened the car door and looked one last time at Taylor

“You can change your mind any time Emma. I am one call away... I will come personally to get you back home.”

Car Lover & The Rock frowned hearing Taylor, but she just did not care.

When Emma got in the car, Car Lover closed the door and before he could sit in the driver seat, Taylor grabbed his hand

 “Car Lover, if anything happens to her, even if she is just sad and you don’t tell me, your car will become my masterpiece and then your face will become me second masterpiece.”

The rock growled at her as if he is an animal. Taylor looked at him surprised but unphased

“I cannot make your face a masterpiece the Rock, you would squash me like a fly, I am not delusional. But Car Lover here is an easy target. So, if you don’t want him to be hurt, make sure that Emma is safe & happy”

“We don’t need YOU to tell us that she needs to be safe. We will protect her with our life. She is our Luna.” The Rock replied before sliding in the car and closing his car door a tad violently as if to mark his annoyance at Taylor’s comments.

As Taylor saw the car disappearing at the horizon, a tear rolled down her cheek. Peter, feeling the Taylor’s pain, put his hand on her shoulder trying to comfort her.

“She is going to be safe. She is going to be safe Taylor

“Peter, I feel you are trying to convince yourself. Something is wrong you know. Everyone here knows it.”

“Taylor please let’s put positive thoughts out in the world, this is what Emma needs.”

Taylor looked at him with tears filling her eyes, kissed him goodbye and left. She ran to her car, drove to her apartment and cried as soon as she got inside. She was sobbing on the floor. She felt that she failed her friend, felt that she should have insisted more and convinced her to stay or at least postpone her move.